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Gene

PTX3

pentraxin 3

Summary

Cytogenetic location
3q25.32
Coordinates
Chromosome 3: 157,436,850–157,443,633 (GRCh38)
Exons
3 exons across 6.8 kb
Protein
381 amino acids
Also known as
TSG-14
Previous symbols
TNFAIP5
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000295927.4NM_002852.4
Locus type
Protein-coding
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Curated reports relevant to this gene

No Genome Test report reads PTX3 yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How PTX3 is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 3, with a bracket where PTX3 sits. PTX3 and 3 genes near it on chromosome 3, from 156,940,242 to 157,940,241.Chromosome 33q25.32p26.3p26.2p26.1p25.3p25.2p25.1p24.3p24.2p24.1p23p22.3p22.2p22.1p21.33p21.32p21.31p21.2p21.1p14.3p14.2p14.1p13p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q12.3q13.11q13.12q13.13q13.2q13.31q13.32q13.33q21.1q21.2q21.3q22.1q22.2q22.3q23q24q25.1q25.2q25.31q25.32q25.33q26.1q26.2q26.31q26.32q26.33q27.1q27.2q27.3q28q29157 Mb157.2 Mb157.4 Mb157.6 Mb157.8 MbLEKR1: 156,825,481–157,046,129, forward strandLEKR1CCNL1: 157,145,520–157,160,771, reverse strandCCNL1VEPH1: 157,259,742–157,533,619, reverse strandVEPH1PTX3: 157,436,850–157,443,633, forward strandPTX3Diagram of PTX3: 3 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 3Exon 1: 157,436,850–157,437,063, 214 basesExon 2: 157,437,513–157,437,914, 402 basesExon 3: 157,442,366–157,443,633, 1,268 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 1.9 kb of the gene's 6.8 kb; 1,146 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.). PTX3 gene: pentraxin 3. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptx3

Vancouver

Dante Labs. PTX3 gene: pentraxin 3 [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/ptx3

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