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RHO

Gene

rhodopsin

HGNCHGNC:10012EnsemblENSG00000163914NCBI Gene6010
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 3q22.1

Also known as

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

Also known asRP4 · OPN2 · CSNBAD1
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Previous symbolsRP4
Alias symbolsOPN2, CSNBAD1
Previous namesretinitis pigmentosa 4, autosomal dominant
Alias namesopsin 2, rod pigment

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
Congenital stationary night blindness
Retinal Diseases
Autosomal recessive primary microcephaly
Cone rod dystrophy

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.

Opsin receptors

Provenance

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