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SLC24A5

Gene

solute carrier family 24 member 5

HGNCHGNC:20611EnsemblENSG00000188467NCBI Gene283652
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 15q21.1

Also known as

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

Also known asJSX · OCA6 · NCKX5
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Alias symbolsJSX, OCA6, NCKX5
Previous namessolute carrier family 24, member 5, solute carrier family 24 (sodium/potassium/calcium exchanger), member 5
Alias namesoculocutaneous albinism 6 (autosomal recessive), Na/Ca-K exchanger 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.

Skin Neoplasms
Actinic keratosis
Skin Diseases
Cutaneous melanoma
Basal cell carcinoma
Glaucoma

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.

Solute carrier family 24

Provenance

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