{"entity":{"id":"clcn6","kind":"target","name":"CLCN6","aka":["Cl-/H+ antiporter 6","H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter 6","CLC-6","KIAA0046","ClC-6"],"tldr":"CLCN6 (H(+)/Cl(-) exchange transporter 6) is a gene. In the public catalogues the evidence so far is association rather than a proven role.","summary":"Voltage-gated channel mediating the exchange of chloride ions against protons. Functions as antiporter and contributes to the acidification of the late endosome lumen. The CLC channel family contains both chloride channels and proton-coupled anion transporters that exchange chloride or another anion for protons.\n\nOpen Targets scores its association with cancer at 0.55 (direct and indirect evidence; datatypes literature 0.16, affected pathway 0.89, genetic association 0.05).","asOf":"2026-09-23","links":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:2024","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:2024"},{"label":"UniProt P51797","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P51797/entry"},{"label":"NCBI Gene 1185","url":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/1185"},{"label":"Ensembl ENSG00000011021","url":"https://www.ensembl.org/Homo_sapiens/Gene/Summary?g=ENSG00000011021"}],"tags":["cancer-genes-wave"],"related":["open-targets"],"cancers":[],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":[],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"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."],"provenance":{"editedBy":"scripts/fetch-cancer-genes.ts (CIViC, Open Targets, IntOGen, HGNC, UniProt)","editedOn":"2026-09-23"},"symbol":"CLCN6","role":[],"evidenceTier":"association-only","sources":[{"label":"HGNC HGNC:2024","url":"https://www.genenames.org/data/gene-symbol-report/#!/hgnc_id/HGNC:2024","note":"approved symbol, name, aliases, locus and cross-references (hgnc_complete_set.txt)"},{"label":"UniProt P51797","url":"https://www.uniprot.org/uniprotkb/P51797/entry","note":"protein name, function text, keywords and locations (REST API)"},{"label":"Open Targets ENSG00000011021","url":"https://platform.opentargets.org/target/ENSG00000011021/associations","note":"association with cancer (MONDO_0004992) 0.55;  (GraphQL API, CC0)"}],"hgnc":"HGNC:2024","ensembl":"ENSG00000011021","uniprot":"P51797","entrez":"1185","biology":"Voltage-gated channel mediating the exchange of chloride ions against protons. Functions as antiporter and contributes to the acidification of the late endosome lumen. The CLC channel family contains both chloride channels and proton-coupled anion transporters that exchange chloride or another anion for protons. The presence of conserved gating glutamate residues is typical for family members that function as antiporters. Location: Late endosome membrane (UniProt). Locus 1p36.22 (HGNC).","whereFound":[],"targetClass":"other","prevalence":[]},"route":"/targets/clcn6/","neighbours":{"collection":[{"id":"open-targets","kind":"collection","name":"Open Targets Platform","route":"/collections/open-targets/"}]}}