NPTX2

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NPTX2
Identifiers
Aliases NPTX2 , NARP, NP-II, NP2, neuronal pentraxin 2
External IDs OMIM: 600750; MGI: 1858209; HomoloGene: 1892; GeneCards: NPTX2; OMA:NPTX2 - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002523

NM_016789

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002514

NP_058069

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 98.62 – 98.63 Mb Chr 5: 144.48 – 144.49 Mb
PubMed search [3] [4]
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Neuronal pentraxin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTX2 gene. [5] [6]

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Function

This gene encodes a member of the family of neuronal pentraxins, synaptic proteins that are related to C-reactive protein. This protein is involved in excitatory synapse formation. It also plays a role in clustering of alpha-amino-3-hydroxy-5-methyl-4-isoxazolepropionic acid (AMPA)-type glutamate receptors at established synapses, resulting in non-apoptotic cell death of dopaminergic nerve cells. [6]

Clinical significance

Up-regulation of this gene in Parkinson disease (PD) tissues suggests that the protein may be involved in the pathology of PD

References

  1. 1 2 3 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000106236 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. 1 2 3 GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000059991 Ensembl, May 2017
  3. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. Hsu YC, Perin MS (Feb 1996). "Human neuronal pentraxin II (NPTX2): conservation, genomic structure, and chromosomal localization". Genomics. 28 (2): 220–7. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.1134. PMID   8530029.
  6. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: NPTX2 neuronal pentraxin II".

Further reading

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