Comparative

Human gene

HEXA hexosaminidase A (alpha polypeptide)

ENSG00000213614 on Ensembl

1 disease group in OMIA reaches this gene, through the animal gene that Ensembl gives as its ortholog. The page shows the chain. It does not say whether an animal is a model of a human disease.

Animal diseases

By each group's best natural-model score, highest first. How the score works.

OMIA group Name Species Animal gene Ortholog The chain reached Best score
1461 Gangliosidosis, GM2, type I (B variant) dog HEXA one to one Target evidence 85.2
for Tay-Sachs disease
1461 Gangliosidosis, GM2, type I (B variant) domestic cattle HEXA one to one Target evidence 85.2
for Tay-Sachs disease
1461 Gangliosidosis, GM2, type I (B variant) pig HEXA one to one Target evidence 85.2
for Tay-Sachs disease
1461 Gangliosidosis, GM2, type I (B variant) sheep HEXA one to one Target evidence 85.2
for Tay-Sachs disease

Target evidence

Each Open Targets association between this gene and a human disease that a disease group reached.

Human disease Mondo Score Evidence
Tay-Sachs disease MONDO:0010100 0.86 1,540

Drugs

Each ChEMBL drug that acts on this gene.

No ChEMBL drug acts on this gene, among the genes with target evidence.