SLC26A5

Gene

solute carrier family 26 member 5

HGNCHGNC:9359 EnsemblENSG00000170615 NCBI Gene375611

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 7q22.1

Also known as

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

Also known asPRES · DFNB61 · PRESTIN

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Previous symbolsPRES

Alias symbolsDFNB61, PRESTIN

Previous namesprestin (motor protein), solute carrier family 26 (anion exchanger), member 5

Alias namesdeafness, neurosensory, autosomal recessive, 61

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.

Hearing loss, autosomal recessive

Response to antihypertensive drug

Genetic Diseases, Inborn

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 26

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-11-08.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.