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SOD2

Gene

superoxide dismutase 2

HGNCHGNC:11180EnsemblENSG00000291237NCBI Gene6648
Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 6q25.3

Also known as

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

Also known asGC1 · IPOB · MnSOD · GClnc1 · lncRNA-GC1
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Alias symbolsGC1, IPOB, MnSOD, GClnc1, lncRNA-GC1
Previous namessuperoxide dismutase 2, mitochondrial
Alias namesgastric cancer–associated lncRNA 1, manganese superoxide dismutase

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.

Neurodegenerative Diseases
Diabetic Retinopathy
Prostate carcinoma
Coronary Artery Disease
Diabetes Mellitus
Cutaneous melanoma
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.

Superoxide dismutases

Provenance

HGNCCanonical human gene identity from HGNC (release 2026-07-07), updated 2024-11-21.
Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.