XPA

Gene

XPA, DNA damage recognition and repair factor

HGNCHGNC:12814 EnsemblENSG00000136936 NCBI Gene7507

Locus: gene with protein productLocation: 9q22.33

Also known as

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

Also known asXPAC · XP1

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Alias symbolsXPAC, XP1

Previous namesxeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group A

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.

Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Basal cell carcinoma

Skin Neoplasms

Genetic Diseases, Inborn

Hypothyroidism

Neurodegenerative Diseases

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.

Xeroderma pigmentosum complementation groups

Provenance

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

Open TargetsGene–disease associations from the Open Targets Platform.