Gene
LNPEP
leucyl and cystinyl aminopeptidase
- HGNC 6656(opens in a new tab)
- Ensembl gene ENSG00000113441(opens in a new tab)
- NCBI Gene 4012(opens in a new tab)
Summary
- Cytogenetic location
- 5q15
- Coordinates
- Chromosome 5: 96,936,080–97,037,513 (GRCh38)
- Exons
- 18 exons across 101.4 kb
- Protein
- 1,025 amino acids
- Also known as
- CAP, PLAP, P-LAP, IRAP
- MANE Select transcript
- ENST00000231368.10NM_005575.3
- Locus type
- gene with protein product
Reference genomeGRCh38hg38
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How LNPEP is laid out
- Coding sequence
- Untranslated region
- Intron
- Direction of transcription
- Stretches short reads find hard
Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.
Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).
Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.
Exons make up 12.1 kb of the gene's 101.4 kb; 3,078 of those bases code for the protein.
External links
Gene records
Transcript
Protein
Where this comes from
- HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
- MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
Cite this page
Dante Labs. (n.d.). LNPEP gene: leucyl and cystinyl aminopeptidase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/lnpep
Dante Labs. LNPEP gene: leucyl and cystinyl aminopeptidase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/lnpep
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