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Nptx2 - neuronal pentraxin 2 Gene

Mus musculus

Also known as np2; Narp

Gene ID: 53324 | Gene type: protein coding

About Nptx2

Summary

Predicted to enable carbohydrate binding activity and metal ion binding activity. Acts upstream of or within associative learning. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Predicted to be active in glutamatergic synapse. Is expressed in embryo; gut endoderm; and heart. Orthologous to human NPTX2 (neuronal pentraxin 2). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Apr 2022]

Nptx2 Products(1)

mRNA Protein Name
NM_016789.3 NP_058069.1 neuronal pentraxin-2 precursor
Gene Ontology
  • Biological Process
  • Cellular Component
Biological Process GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
acts upstream of or within associative learning IMP
IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype
18057201 MGI
Cellular Component GO Annotation Evidence Reference Source
is active in presynapse IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
35501343 MGI
is active in synapse IDA
IDA: Inferred from direct assay
33628204 MGI
is active in synapse IEP
IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
33628204 MGI
EXP: Inferred from Experiment IDA: Inferred from direct assay IPI: Inferred from physical interaction IMP: Inferred from mutant phenotype IGI: Inferred from genetic interaction IEP: Inferred from expression pattern
Protein Preferred Names Protein Names

neuronal pentraxin-2

NP-II

neuro activity regulated petaxin

neuronal pentraxin II

Orthologs Information

Species Symbol Source ID
Homo sapiens Nptx2 NCBI NCBI:4885