Gene Gene information from NCBI Gene database.
Entrez ID 158062
Gene name Lipocalin 6
Gene symbol LCN6
Synonyms (NCBI Gene)
LCN5UNQ643hLcn5
Chromosome 9
Chromosome location 9q34.3
Gene ontology (GO) Gene Ontology (GO) annotations describing the biological processes, molecular functions, and cellular components associated with a gene.
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GO ID Ontology Definition Evidence Reference
GO:0005576 Component Extracellular region IEA
GO:0007338 Process Single fertilization IEA
GO:0007340 Process Acrosome reaction IEA
GO:0019725 Process Cellular homeostasis IEA
GO:0036094 Function Small molecule binding IEA
Other IDs Other IDs provides unique identifiers for this gene in OMIM, HGNC, and Ensembl databases.
MIM HGNC e!Ensembl
609379 17337 ENSG00000267206
Protein Protein information from UniProt database.
UniProt ID Unique identifier for the protein in the UniProt database. Click to view detailed protein information.
P62502
Protein name Epididymal-specific lipocalin-6 (Lipocalin-5)
Protein function May play a role in male fertility.
Family and domains

Pfam

Accession ID Position in sequence Description Type
PF00061 Lipocalin 32 163 Lipocalin / cytosolic fatty-acid binding protein family Domain
Tissue specificity TISSUE SPECIFICITY: Predominantly expressed in epididymis.
Sequence
Sequence length 163
Interactions View interactions
Associated diseases Disease associations from ClinVar (causal & non-causal) and other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.).
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Evidence Score: ★☆☆☆☆  Gene-disease association found in Text Mining only ★★☆☆☆  Found in Text Mining and Unknown/Other Associations ★★★☆☆  Reported in Unknown/Other Associations across ≥2 Sources ★★★★☆  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (<5 Variants) ★★★★★  ClinVar: Pathogenic/Likely Pathogenic (≥5 Variants)
Unknown / Other Associations ClinVar entries with uncertain/conflicting evidence, and associations from other databases (OMIM, Orphanet, GWAS, etc.) where the gene is not established as causal.
Phenotype Name Clinical Significance Source Evidence Score
Clear cell carcinoma of kidney Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Lung cancer Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS GWAS catalog
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Ovarian serous cystadenocarcinoma Benign ClinVar
★★☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining + Unknown/Other Associations
Associations from Text Mining Disease associations identified through text mining
Disease Name Disease (Merged) Source PMID Relationship Type Evidence Score
Carcinoma Ovarian Epithelial Epithelial ovarian carcinoma Pubtator 33819196 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only
Heart Failure Heart failure Pubtator 25725476, 33401250 Associate
★☆☆☆☆
Found in Text Mining only