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PRPH2

Gene

peripherin 2

HGNCHGNC:9942EnsemblENSG00000112619NCBI Gene5961
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6p21.1

Also known as

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

Also known asRP7 · RDS · TSPAN22 · rd2 · CACD2
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Previous symbolsRP7, RDS
Alias symbolsTSPAN22, rd2, CACD2
Previous namesretinal degeneration, slow (retinitis pigmentosa 7), retinal degeneration, slow, peripherin 2 (retinal degeneration, slow)
Alias namesretinal peripherin, tetraspanin-22, choroidal dystrophy, central areolar 2

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.

Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinal Diseases
Cone rod dystrophy
Cone-rod dystrophy
Macular Degeneration

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.

Tetraspanin family

Provenance

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