NPTXR

NPTXR
Neuronal pentraxin receptor
Identifiers
Symbols NPTXR; NPR
External IDs OMIM609474 MGI1920590 HomoloGene8620 GeneCards: NPTXR Gene
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez 23467 73340
Ensembl ENSG00000221890 ENSMUSG00000022421
UniProt O95502 Q99J85
RefSeq (mRNA) NM_014293 NM_030689.4
RefSeq (protein) NP_055108 NP_109614.2
Location (UCSC) Chr 22:
39.21 – 39.24 Mb
Chr 15:
79.62 – 79.64 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]

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]

See also

  • NPTX2, Neuronal pentraxin II

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. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: NPTXR neuronal pentraxin receptor". http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=gene&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=23467. 

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