diff --git a/indra/resources/hgnc_uniprot_preferred.csv b/indra/resources/hgnc_uniprot_preferred.csv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..489c4ef4a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/indra/resources/hgnc_uniprot_preferred.csv
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+hgnc_id,uniprot_id
+17868,Q9BXH1
+30377,Q14160
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