NPTX2

NPTX2
Identifiers
Aliases NPTX2, NARP, NP-II, NP2, neuronal pentraxin 2
External IDs MGI: 1858209 HomoloGene: 1892 GeneCards: NPTX2
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

4885

53324

Ensembl

ENSG00000106236

ENSMUSG00000059991

UniProt

P47972

O70340

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002523

NM_016789

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002514.1

NP_058069.1

Location (UCSC) Chr 7: 98.62 – 98.63 Mb Chr 5: 144.55 – 144.56 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Neuronal pentraxin-2 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTX2 gene.[3][4]

Function

This gene encodes a member of the family of neuronal petraxins, 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.[4]

Clinical significance

Up-regulation of this gene in Parkinson disease (PD) tissues suggests that the protein may be involved in the pathology of PD.[4]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 3 "Entrez Gene: NPTX2 neuronal pentraxin II".

Further reading

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