HGNC gene ID

ID hgncid

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Stable numeric identifier that the HUGO Gene Nomenclature Committee (HGNC) assigns to each human gene with an approved symbol. The ID stays the same when the gene symbol or name changes. Wikidata stores the number; HGNC and PubChem write it with the prefix "HGNC:".

Categories: Scientific, Medical/pharma identifiers
Countries: Global (not tied to a country)
Languages: Common to most languages
Bioregistry: hgnc
Wikidata: P354
Quality: 90/100 · missing: detector coverage
Metacrafter rules: no detection rule yet
Supported by tools: no tool record lists this type yet

Regular expression

^(?:HGNC:)?[1-9]\d{0,4}$

Python re syntax.

Examples

Value	Description
HGNC:4948	HLA-DRB1 gene
108	ACHE gene
9957	RELN gene
HGNC:04948 invalid	No leading zeros

Translations

Language	Name	Description
Russian	Идентификатор гена HGNC	Постоянный числовой идентификатор гена человека, который присваивает комитет HGNC.

Sources

wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HUGO_Gene_Nomenclature_Committee
wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Property:P354
doc: https://www.genenames.org/

Use this record

Page URL: http://registry.apicrafter.io/datatype/hgncid
JSON: API v1 · legacy shape (used by metacrafter) · Markdown (for LLMs)
Improve it: edit data/datatypes/any/science/hgncid.yaml on GitHub