NPTXR

NPTXR
Identifiers
Aliases NPTXR, NPR, neuronal pentraxin receptor
External IDs MGI: 1920590 HomoloGene: 8620 GeneCards: NPTXR
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

23467

73340

Ensembl

ENSG00000221890

ENSMUSG00000022421

UniProt

O95502

Q99J85

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_058178
NM_014293

NM_030689

RefSeq (protein)

NP_055108.2

n/a

Location (UCSC) Chr 22: 38.82 – 38.84 Mb Chr 15: 79.79 – 79.8 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Neuronal pentraxin receptor is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTXR gene.[3][4]

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.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NPTXR neuronal pentraxin receptor".

Further reading

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