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Gene

NPTN

neuroplastin

Summary

Cytogenetic location
15q24.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 15: 73,560,014–73,633,389 (GRCh38)
Exons
9 exons across 73.4 kb
Protein
398 amino acids
Also known as
SDR1, GP55, GP65, np65, np55
Previous symbols
SDFR1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000345330.9NM_012428.4
Locus type
gene with protein product

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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How NPTN is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 15, with a bracket where NPTN sits. NPTN and 10 genes near it on chromosome 15, from 73,096,702 to 74,096,701.Chromosome 1515q24.1p13p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13.1q13.2q13.3q14q15.1q15.2q15.3q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26.1q26.2q26.373.2 Mb73.4 Mb73.6 Mb73.8 Mb74 MbNEO1: 73,051,645–73,305,205, forward strandNEO1HCN4: 73,319,859–73,368,958, reverse strandHCN4REC114: 73,443,147–73,560,020, forward strandREC114NPTN: 73,560,014–73,633,389, reverse strandNPTNCD276: 73,683,966–73,714,519, forward strandCD276INSYN1: 73,735,440–73,753,357, reverse strandINSYN1TBC1D21: 73,873,564–73,889,214, forward strandTBC1D21LOXL1: 73,925,989–73,952,137, forward strandLOXL1STOML1: 73,978,926–73,994,622, reverse strandSTOML1PML: 73,994,673–74,047,827, forward strandPMLGOLGA6A: 74,069,857–74,082,550, reverse strandGOLGA6ADiagram of NPTN: 9 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 15Exon 9: 73,560,014–73,561,048, 1,035 basesExon 8: 73,561,896–73,561,970, 75 basesExon 7: 73,563,236–73,563,257, 22 basesExon 6: 73,570,150–73,570,423, 274 basesExon 5: 73,573,662–73,573,795, 134 basesExon 4: 73,587,524–73,587,618, 95 basesExon 3: 73,591,966–73,592,137, 172 basesExon 2: 73,597,022–73,597,369, 348 basesExon 1: 73,633,125–73,633,389, 265 bases9876543215′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 2.4 kb of the gene's 73.4 kb; 1,197 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.). NPTN gene: neuroplastin. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/nptn

Vancouver

Dante Labs. NPTN gene: neuroplastin [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/nptn

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