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MELTF

Gene

melanotransferrin

HGNCHGNC:7037EnsemblENSG00000163975NCBI Gene4241
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 3q29

Also known as

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

Also known asMFI2 · CD228 · FLJ38863 · MAP97 · MGC4856 · MTF1 · MTf
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Previous symbolsMFI2
Alias symbolsCD228, FLJ38863, MAP97, MGC4856, MTF1, MTf
Previous namesantigen p97 (melanoma associated) identified by monoclonal antibodies 133.2 and 96.5
Alias namesmelanotransferrin, membrane-bound transferrin-like protein

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.

Intracranial Aneurysm
Dermatitis, Phototoxic
Alzheimer's Disease
Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung
Osteosarcoma
Asthma
Melanoma

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.

CD moleculesTransferrins

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.