NPTN

Neuroplastin is a protein that in humans is encoded by the NPTN gene.[3][4][5]

NPTN
Identifiers
AliasesNPTN, GP55, GP65, SDFR1, SDR1, np55, np65, neuroplastin
External IDsOMIM: 612820 HomoloGene: 7531 GeneCards: NPTN
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

27020

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Ensembl

ENSG00000156642

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UniProt

Q9Y639

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RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_001161363
NM_001161364
NM_012428
NM_017455

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RefSeq (protein)

NP_001154835
NP_001154836
NP_036560
NP_059429

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Location (UCSC)Chr 15: 73.56 – 73.63 Mbn/a
PubMed search[2]n/a
Wikidata
View/Edit Human

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.[5]

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"[6][7][8]

References

  1. GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000156642 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "Entrez Gene: NPTN neuroplastin".
  6. Is intelligence written in the genes?
  7. Researchers Find Gene that Links Grey Matter with Intelligence
  8. Single nucleotide polymorphism in the neuroplastin locus associates with cortical thickness and intellectual ability in adolescents

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