Genes on the X chromosome

Genetics Home Reference includes these genes on the X chromosome:

• ABCD1: ATP-binding cassette, sub-family D (ALD), member 1
• ALAS2: aminolevulinate, delta-, synthase 2
• AMELX: amelogenin (amelogenesis imperfecta 1, X-linked)
• AR: androgen receptor (dihydrotestosterone receptor; testicular feminization; spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy; Kennedy disease)
• ARX: aristaless related homeobox
• ATP7A: ATPase, Cu++ transporting, alpha polypeptide (Menkes syndrome)
• BCOR: BCL6 co-repressor
• BTK: Bruton agammaglobulinemia tyrosine kinase
• CD40LG: CD40 ligand
• CDKL5: cyclin-dependent kinase-like 5
• CHM: choroideremia (Rab escort protein 1)
• COL4A5: collagen, type IV, alpha 5 (Alport syndrome)
• DCX: doublecortex; lissencephaly, X-linked (doublecortin)
• DMD: dystrophin (muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker types)
• EDA: ectodysplasin A
• EMD: emerin (Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy)
• F8: coagulation factor VIII, procoagulant component (hemophilia A)
• F9: coagulation factor IX (plasma thromboplastic component, Christmas disease, hemophilia B)
• FGD1: FYVE, RhoGEF and PH domain containing 1
• FLNA: filamin A, alpha (actin binding protein 280)
• FMR1: fragile X mental retardation 1
• FOXP3: forkhead box P3
• G6PD: glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase
• GJB1: gap junction protein, beta 1, 32kDa
• GLA: galactosidase, alpha
• GPC3: glypican 3
• GPR143: G protein-coupled receptor 143
• HPRT1: hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase 1 (Lesch-Nyhan syndrome)
• IDS: iduronate 2-sulfatase (Hunter syndrome)
• IKBKG: inhibitor of kappa light polypeptide gene enhancer in B-cells, kinase gamma
• IL2RG: interleukin 2 receptor, gamma (severe combined immunodeficiency)
• KAL1: Kallmann syndrome 1 sequence
• L1CAM: L1 cell adhesion molecule
• MECP2: methyl CpG binding protein 2 (Rett syndrome)
• MED12: mediator complex subunit 12
• MID1: midline 1 (Opitz/BBB syndrome)
• MTM1: myotubularin 1
• NDP: Norrie disease (pseudoglioma)
• NR0B1: nuclear receptor subfamily 0, group B, member 1
• NSDHL: NAD(P) dependent steroid dehydrogenase-like
• OCRL: oculocerebrorenal syndrome of Lowe
• OPN1LW: opsin 1 (cone pigments), long-wave-sensitive
• OPN1MW: opsin 1 (cone pigments), medium-wave-sensitive
• OTC: ornithine carbamoyltransferase
• PIGA: phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class A (paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria)
• PLP1: proteolipid protein 1 (Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease, spastic paraplegia 2, uncomplicated)
• POU3F4: POU class 3 homeobox 4
• RPS6KA3: ribosomal protein S6 kinase, 90kDa, polypeptide 3
• RS1: retinoschisis (X-linked, juvenile) 1
• SHOX: short stature homeobox
• SLC16A2: solute carrier family 16, member 2 (monocarboxylic acid transporter 8)
• SMC1A: structural maintenance of chromosomes 1A
• TAF1: TAF1 RNA polymerase II, TATA box binding protein (TBP)-associated factor, 250kDa
• TAZ: tafazzin (cardiomyopathy, dilated 3A (X-linked); endocardial fibroelastosis 2; Barth syndrome)
• TIMM8A: translocase of inner mitochondrial membrane 8 homolog A (yeast)
• TRAPPC2: trafficking protein particle complex 2
• WAS: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (eczema-thrombocytopenia)
• XK: X-linked Kx blood group (McLeod syndrome)

GeneCards provides a table of genes on the X chromosome and disorders related to those genes.