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Gene

PTPRU

protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type U

Summary

Cytogenetic location
1p35.3
Coordinates
Chromosome 1: 29,236,522–29,326,800 (GRCh38)
Exons
30 exons across 90.3 kb
Protein
1,436 amino acids
Also known as
PTPRO, hPTP-J, PCP-2, FMI, PTP
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000373779.8NM_133178.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

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

How PTPRU is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 1, with a bracket where PTPRU sits. PTPRU and 5 genes near it on chromosome 1, from 28,781,661 to 29,781,660.Chromosome 11p35.3p36.33p36.32p36.31p36.23p36.22p36.21p36.13p36.12p36.11p35.3p35.2p35.1p34.3p34.2p34.1p33p32.3p32.2p32.1p31.3p31.2p31.1p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.3p21.2p21.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11q12q21.1q21.2q21.3q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.3q31.1q31.2q31.3q32.1q32.2q32.3q41q42.11q42.12q42.13q42.2q42.3q43q4428.8 Mb29 Mb29.2 Mb29.4 Mb29.6 MbOPRD1: 28,812,089–28,871,267, forward strandOPRD1EPB41: 28,887,073–29,120,052, forward strandEPB41TMEM200B: 29,119,426–29,123,935, reverse strandTMEM200BSRSF4: 29,147,743–29,181,994, reverse strandSRSF4MECR: 29,192,657–29,230,958, reverse strandMECRPTPRU: 29,236,522–29,326,800, forward strandPTPRUDiagram of PTPRU: 30 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 1Exon 1: 29,236,522–29,236,717, 196 basesExon 2: 29,255,275–29,255,406, 132 basesExon 3: 29,258,505–29,258,776, 272 basesExon 4: 29,259,261–29,259,342, 82 basesExon 5: 29,259,449–29,259,564, 116 basesExon 6: 29,259,870–29,260,044, 175 basesExon 7: 29,260,610–29,260,903, 294 basesExon 8: 29,275,448–29,275,756, 309 basesExon 9: 29,279,012–29,279,121, 110 basesExon 10: 29,279,456–29,279,657, 202 basesExon 11: 29,280,039–29,280,141, 103 basesExon 12: 29,282,676–29,282,949, 274 basesExon 13: 29,283,940–29,283,976, 37 basesExon 14: 29,284,731–29,284,869, 139 basesExon 15: 29,291,869–29,292,026, 158 basesExon 16: 29,303,855–29,304,045, 191 basesExon 17: 29,304,774–29,304,849, 76 basesExon 18: 29,305,352–29,305,428, 77 basesExon 19: 29,310,744–29,310,780, 37 basesExon 20: 29,311,456–29,311,553, 98 basesExon 21: 29,311,643–29,311,759, 117 basesExon 22: 29,312,552–29,312,706, 155 basesExon 23: 29,315,372–29,315,507, 136 basesExon 24: 29,316,002–29,316,151, 150 basesExon 25: 29,317,748–29,317,921, 174 basesExon 26: 29,320,685–29,320,825, 141 basesExon 27: 29,323,371–29,323,496, 126 basesExon 28: 29,323,631–29,323,788, 158 basesExon 29: 29,325,191–29,325,326, 136 basesExon 30: 29,325,599–29,326,800, 1,202 bases1510152025305′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 5.6 kb of the gene's 90.3 kb; 4,311 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.). PTPRU gene: protein tyrosine phosphatase receptor type U. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptpru

Vancouver

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

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