NPTXR

Neuronal pentraxin receptor
Identifiers
SymbolsNPTXR ; NPR
External IDsOMIM: 609474 MGI: 1920590 HomoloGene: 8620 GeneCards: NPTXR Gene
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez2346773340
EnsemblENSG00000221890ENSMUSG00000022421
UniProtO95502Q6PD36
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_014293NM_030689
RefSeq (protein)NP_055108NP_109614
Location (UCSC)Chr 22:
39.21 – 39.24 Mb
Chr 15:
79.79 – 79.83 Mb
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Neuronal pentraxin receptor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTXR gene.[1][2]

This gene encodes a protein similar to the rat neuronal pentraxin receptor. The rat protein pentraxin is thought to mediate neuronal uptake of synaptic material and the presynaptic snake venom toxin, taipoxin. Studies in rat indicate that translation of this mRNA initiates at a non-AUG (CUG) codon. This may also be true for human and mouse, based on strong sequence conservation amongst these species.[2]

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References

  1. Andersson KB, Florholmen G, Winer LH, Tonnessen T, Christensen G (Feb 2006). "Regulation of neuronal type genes in congestive heart failure rats". Acta Physiol (Oxf) 186 (1): 17–27. doi:10.1111/j.1748-1716.2005.01503.x. PMID 16497176.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Entrez Gene: NPTXR neuronal pentraxin receptor".

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