NPTN

Neuroplastin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTN gene.[5][6][7]

NPTN
Identifiers
AliasesNPTN, GP55, GP65, SDFR1, SDR1, np55, np65, neuroplastin
External IDsOMIM: 612820; MGI: 108077; HomoloGene: 7531; GeneCards: NPTN; OMA:NPTN - orthologs
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

27020

20320

Ensembl

ENSG00000156642

ENSMUSG00000032336

UniProt

Q9Y639

P97300

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001161363
NM_001161364
NM_012428
NM_017455

NM_001293673
NM_009145
NM_001357751

RefSeq (protein)

NP_001154835
NP_001154836
NP_036560
NP_059429

NP_001280602
NP_033171
NP_001344680
NP_001392991

Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 73.56 – 73.63 MbChr 9: 58.58 – 58.66 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
Wikidata
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Neuroplastin is a type I transmembrane protein belonging to the Ig superfamily. The protein is believed to be involved in cell-cell interactions or cell-substrate interactions. The alpha and beta transcripts show differential localization within the brain.[7]

In 2014, in a study led by Dr. Sylvane Desrivières, of King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry found that "teenagers who had a highly functioning NPTN gene performed better in intelligence tests"[8][9][10]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000156642 Ensembl, May 2017
  2. GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000032336 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. Andersson B, Wentland MA, Ricafrente JY, Liu W, Gibbs RA (June 1996). "A "double adaptor" method for improved shotgun library construction". Anal Biochem. 236 (1): 107–13. doi:10.1006/abio.1996.0138. PMID 8619474.
  6. Yu W, Andersson B, Worley KC, Muzny DM, Ding Y, Liu W, Ricafrente JY, Wentland MA, Lennon G, Gibbs RA (June 1997). "Large-scale concatenation cDNA sequencing". Genome Res. 7 (4): 353–8. doi:10.1101/gr.7.4.353. PMC 139146. PMID 9110174.
  7. "Entrez Gene: NPTN neuroplastin".
  8. Is intelligence written in the genes?
  9. Researchers Find Gene that Links Grey Matter with Intelligence
  10. Single nucleotide polymorphism in the neuroplastin locus associates with cortical thickness and intellectual ability in adolescents

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