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RDH5

Gene

retinol dehydrogenase 5

HGNCHGNC:9940EnsemblENSG00000135437NCBI Gene5959
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 12q13.2

Also known as

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

Also known asRDH1 · HSD17B9 · SDR9C5
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Previous symbolsRDH1
Alias symbolsHSD17B9, SDR9C5
Previous namesretinol dehydrogenase 5 (11-cis/9-cis)
Alias namesshort chain dehydrogenase/reductase family 9C, member 5

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.

Myopia
Macular Degeneration
Congenital stationary night blindness
Refractive Errors
Retinal Diseases
COVID-19

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.

Short chain dehydrogenase/reductase superfamily

Provenance

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