MORC3

Gene

MORC family CW-type zinc finger 3

HGNCHGNC:23572 EnsemblENSG00000159256 NCBI Gene23515

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 21q22.12

Also known as

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

Also known asZCWCC3 · ZCW5 · NXP2 · KIAA0136

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Previous symbolsZCWCC3

Alias symbolsZCW5, NXP2, KIAA0136

Previous nameszinc finger, CW-type with coiled-coil domain 3, zinc finger, CW type with coiled-coil domain 3

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.

Hypertension

Cardiovascular Diseases

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.

Zinc fingers CW-type

Provenance

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

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.