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SLC6A6

Gene

solute carrier family 6 member 6

HGNCHGNC:11052EnsemblENSG00000131389NCBI Gene6533
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 3p25.1

Also known as

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

Also known asTAUT
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Alias symbolsTAUT
Previous namessolute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter, taurine), member 6, solute carrier family 6 (neurotransmitter transporter), member 6
Alias namestaurine transporter

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.

Cardiomyopathies
Retinal Degeneration
Uveal Melanoma
Retinitis Pigmentosa

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 6

Provenance

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