NPTX1
Sign in to saveAlso known as NP1, neuronal pentraxin 1
Neuronal pentraxin-1 (NP1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTX1 gene.
Gene data
NPTX1- Name
- neuronal pentraxin 1
- Type
- protein-coding
- Position
- 80,466,834–80,477,843 (−)
- Aliases
- NP1, SCA50
- Ensembl
- ENSG00000171246
- RefSeq RNA
- NM_002522.4
- RefSeq protein
- NP_002513.2
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. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008].
Gene Ontology
Biological process
via MyGene.info
Gene · Ensembl
neuronal pentraxin 1
- Symbol
- NPTX1
- Biotype
- Protein coding
- Organism
- Homo sapiens
- Location
- 17:80,466,834-80,477,843
- Strand
- Reverse (−)
- Assembly
- GRCh38
View on Ensembl →
via Ensembl · EMBL-EBI
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Encyclopedic overview
3 sectionsContents
- Function
- References
- Further reading
Neuronal pentraxin-1 (NP1) is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTX1 gene.
== Function ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NPTX1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.