SMC2

Gene

structural maintenance of chromosomes 2

HGNCHGNC:14011 EnsemblENSG00000136824 NCBI Gene10592

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 9q31.1

Also known as

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

Also known asSMC2L1 · hCAP-E · CAP-E

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Previous symbolsSMC2L1

Alias symbolshCAP-E, CAP-E

Previous namesSMC2 structural maintenance of chromosomes 2-like 1 (yeast), SMC2 (structural maintenance of chromosomes 2, yeast)-like 1

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.

Aortic Valve Stenosis

Skin Neoplasms

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.

Structural maintenance of chromosomes proteinsCondensin I subunitsCondensin II subunits

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2023-01-20.

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.