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Gene

NPS

neuropeptide S

Summary

Cytogenetic location
10q26.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 10: 127,549,309–127,553,540 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 4.2 kb
Protein
89 amino acids
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000398023.3NM_001030013.2
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads NPS yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How NPS is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
Chromosome 10, with a bracket where NPS sits. NPS and 5 genes near it on chromosome 10, from 127,051,425 to 128,051,424.Chromosome 1010q26.2p15.3p15.2p15.1p14p13p12.33p12.32p12.31p12.2p12.1p11.23p11.22p11.21p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.31q23.32q23.33q24.1q24.2q24.31q24.32q24.33q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.11q26.12q26.13q26.2q26.3127.2 Mb127.4 Mb127.6 Mb127.8 Mb128 MbDOCK1: 126,905,388–127,453,803, forward strandDOCK1INSYN2A: 127,135,426–127,196,592, reverse strandINSYN2ANPS: 127,549,309–127,553,540, forward strandNPSFOXI2: 127,737,118–127,741,183, forward strandFOXI2CLRN3: 127,875,988–127,907,298, reverse strandCLRN3PTPRE: 127,906,800–128,085,856, forward strandPTPREDiagram of NPS: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 10Exon 1: 127,549,309–127,549,376, 68 basesExon 2: 127,549,489–127,549,570, 82 basesExon 3: 127,552,460–127,553,540, 1,081 bases1235′3′

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 1.2 kb of the gene's 4.2 kb; 270 of those bases code for the 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

APA

Dante Labs. (n.d.). NPS gene: neuropeptide S. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nps

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NPS gene: neuropeptide S [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nps

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