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Gene

PTN

pleiotrophin

Summary

Cytogenetic location
7q33
Coordinates
Chromosome 7: 137,227,341–137,343,733 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 116.4 kb
Protein
168 amino acids
Also known as
HBNF, HBGF8
Previous symbols
NEGF1
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000348225.7NM_002825.7
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How PTN is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 7, with a bracket where PTN sits. PTN and 2 genes near it on chromosome 7, from 136,785,537 to 137,785,536.Chromosome 77q33p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p15.3p15.2p15.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.21q11.22q11.23q21.11q21.12q21.13q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q31.1q31.2q31.31q31.32q31.33q32.1q32.2q32.3q33q34q35q36.1q36.2q36.3136.8 Mb137 Mb137.2 Mb137.4 Mb137.6 MbCHRM2: 136,868,593–137,020,255, forward strandCHRM2PTN: 137,227,341–137,343,733, reverse strandPTNDGKI: 137,381,037–137,847,092, reverse strandDGKIDiagram of PTN: 5 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 7Exon 5: 137,227,341–137,228,075, 735 basesExon 4: 137,251,230–137,251,391, 162 basesExon 3: 137,253,464–137,253,637, 174 basesExon 2: 137,254,859–137,254,974, 116 basesExon 1: 137,343,439–137,343,733, 295 bases54215′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 1.5 kb of the gene's 116.4 kb; 507 of those bases code for the protein.

External links

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.). PTN gene: pleiotrophin. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptn

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PTN gene: pleiotrophin [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptn

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