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Gene

PTPRK

protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type K

Summary

Cytogenetic location
6q22.33
Coordinates
Chromosome 6: 127,968,785–128,520,599 (GRCh38)
Exons
30 exons across 551.8 kb
Protein
1,440 amino acids
Also known as
R-PTP-kappa
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000368226.9NM_002844.4
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

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Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How PTPRK is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 6, with a bracket where PTPRK sits. PTPRK and 6 genes near it on chromosome 6, from 127,416,970 to 129,072,414.Chromosome 66q22.33p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q13q14.1q14.2q14.3q15q16.1q16.2q16.3q21q22.1q22.2q22.31q22.32q22.33q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q26q27127.6 Mb127.8 Mb128 Mb128.2 Mb128.4 Mb128.6 Mb128.8 Mb129 Mb: 127,438,406–127,519,001, reverse strandKIAA0408: 127,438,406–127,459,433, reverse strandKIAA0408MTCL3: 127,467,569–127,519,383, reverse strandMTCL3C6orf58: 127,519,455–127,591,820, forward strandC6orf58THEMIS: 127,706,178–127,918,631, reverse strandTHEMISPTPRK: 127,968,785–128,520,599, reverse strandPTPRKLAMA2: 128,883,075–129,517,185, forward strandLAMA2Diagram of PTPRK: 30 exons on the reverse strand of chromosome 6Exon 30: 127,968,785–127,970,280, 1,496 basesExon 29: 127,973,022–127,973,157, 136 basesExon 28: 127,973,664–127,973,827, 164 basesExon 27: 127,976,657–127,976,782, 126 basesExon 26: 127,976,923–127,977,054, 132 basesExon 25: 127,981,116–127,981,289, 174 basesExon 24: 127,982,831–127,982,980, 150 basesExon 23: 127,983,242–127,983,377, 136 basesExon 22: 127,985,721–127,985,875, 155 basesExon 21: 127,990,769–127,990,885, 117 basesExon 20: 127,991,294–127,991,391, 98 basesExon 19: 127,992,673–127,992,709, 37 basesExon 18: 127,995,462–127,995,538, 77 basesExon 17: 127,996,901–127,996,988, 88 basesExon 16: 127,998,720–127,998,904, 185 basesExon 15: 128,005,084–128,005,244, 161 basesExon 14: 128,009,130–128,009,268, 139 basesExon 13: 128,064,758–128,064,794, 37 basesExon 12: 128,067,519–128,067,792, 274 basesExon 11: 128,078,813–128,078,918, 106 basesExon 10: 128,082,437–128,082,638, 202 basesExon 9: 128,083,715–128,083,824, 110 basesExon 8: 128,089,690–128,089,992, 303 basesExon 7: 128,184,432–128,184,725, 294 basesExon 6: 128,218,922–128,219,096, 175 basesExon 5: 128,240,035–128,240,150, 116 basesExon 4: 128,242,521–128,242,602, 82 basesExon 3: 128,322,039–128,322,310, 272 basesExon 2: 128,397,566–128,397,688, 123 basesExon 1: 128,520,259–128,520,599, 341 bases30201015′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 6 kb of the gene's 551.8 kb; 4,323 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.). PTPRK gene: protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type K. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptprk

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PTPRK gene: protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type K [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptprk

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