# OTX1

Source: https://onco.cc/targets/otx1/  
OnCo record `otx1` (Target). Data CC BY-NC 4.0, attribute "Data from OnCo (onco.cc)"; commercial use needs a licence.

## TL;DR

OTX1 (Homeobox protein OTX1) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role. Tied to Prostate cancer.

## Summary

Probably plays a role in the development of the brain and the sense organs. Can bind to the BCD target sequence (BTS): 5'-TCTAATCCC-3'.

Open Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.59 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.93, animal model 0.57, genetic association 0.73).

## Fields

- Kind: Target
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
- Also known as: orthodenticle homeobox 1; Homeobox protein OTX1
- Tags: cancer-genes-wave
- Symbol: OTX1
- Class: other
- Biology: Probably plays a role in the development of the brain and the sense organs. Can bind to the BCD target sequence (BTS): 5'-TCTAATCCC-3'. Location: Nucleus (UniProt). Locus 2p15 (HGNC).
- Where found: Prostate cancer: Open Targets association 0.56 with prostate cancer (MONDO_0008315)

## Notes

- Written by scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts from CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC and UniProt; the function text is UniProt's, condensed and in UK spelling. Roles: none stated by the sources. Evidence tier "association-only" is the strongest of those signals.
- Prevalence not recorded: none of the sources gives a positivity rate.

## Sources

- HGNC HGNC:8521: https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:8521
- UniProt P32242: https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P32242/entry
- NCBI Gene 5013: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/5013
- Ensembl ENSG00000115507: https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000115507

## Connected records

- collections: [Open Targets Platform](https://onco.cc/collections/open-targets/)
- cancers: [Prostate cancer](https://onco.cc/cancers/prostate/)

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