KLK1

Gene

kallikrein 1

HGNCHGNC:6357 EnsemblENSG00000167748 NCBI Gene3816

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 19q13.33

Also known as

Symbols and names change; identity (the HGNC ID) does not. Previous and alternative forms are kept distinct.

Also known asKlk6

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Alias symbolsKlk6

Previous nameskallikrein 1, renal/pancreas/salivary

Associated diseases

via associated_with

Diseases linked to this gene through the canonical GENE→DISEASE (associated_with) relation, drawn from Open Targets' top-ranked associations by overall score — not the full association set. Disease-level detail lives on each disease's own page.

Nephrolithiasis

Autoimmune disorder of central nervous system

Rare familial disorder with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic

Neoplasms

Drawn from Open Targets’ top 10 associations by overall score for this gene — the subset resolved to a canonical disease. Lower-ranked associations, and diseases not yet canonicalised, are not shown.

Gene family

HGNC gene-group membership.

Kallikreins

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.