TECTA

Gene

tectorin alpha

HGNCHGNC:11720 EnsemblENSG00000109927 NCBI Gene7007

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 11q23.3

Also known as

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

Also known asDFNA12 · DFNA8 · DFNB21

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Previous symbolsDFNA12, DFNA8, DFNB21

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

Nonsyndromic genetic hearing loss

Hearing Loss

Deafness

Non-syndromic genetic deafness

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.

Provenance

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

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.