NPTX1

Neuronal pentraxin I
Identifiers
SymbolsNPTX1 ; NP1
External IDsOMIM: 602367 MGI: 107811 HomoloGene: 1891 GeneCards: NPTX1 Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez488418164
EnsemblENSG00000171246ENSMUSG00000025582
UniProtQ15818Q62443
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002522NM_008730
RefSeq (protein)NP_002513NP_032756
Location (UCSC)Chr 17:
78.44 – 78.45 Mb
Chr 11:
119.54 – 119.55 Mb
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Neuronal pentraxin-1 (NP1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTX1 gene.[1][2]

Function

NPTX1 is a member of the neuronal pentraxin gene family. Neuronal pentraxin 1 is similar to the rat NP1 gene which encodes a binding protein for the snake venom toxin taipoxin. Human NPTX1 mRNA is exclusively localized to the nervous system.[2]

References

  1. Omeis IA, Hsu YC, Perin MS (September 1996). "Mouse and human neuronal pentraxin 1 (NPTX1): conservation, genomic structure, and chromosomal localization". Genomics 36 (3): 543–5. doi:10.1006/geno.1996.0503. PMID 8884281.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: neuronal pentraxin I".

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.