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Gene

QPRT

quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase

Summary

Cytogenetic location
16p11.2
Coordinates
Chromosome 16: 29,679,180–29,698,699 (GRCh38)
Exons
4 exons across 19.5 kb
Protein
297 amino acids
Also known as
QPRTase
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000395384.9NM_014298.6
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 QPRT yet. The test sequences your whole genome, so your data includes it all the same.

How QPRT is laid out

  • Coding sequence
  • Untranslated region
  • Intron
  • Direction of transcription
  • Stretches short reads find hard
Chromosome 16, with a bracket where QPRT sits. QPRT and 35 genes near it on chromosome 16, from 29,188,940 to 30,188,939.Chromosome 1616p11.2p13.3p13.2p13.13p13.12p13.11p12.3p12.2p12.1p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12.1q12.2q13q21q22.1q22.2q22.3q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.329.2 Mb29.4 Mb29.6 Mb29.8 Mb30 MbNPIPB11: 29,381,310–29,406,711, reverse strandNPIPB11BOLA2-SMG1P6: 29,443,230–29,454,651, reverse strandBOLA2: 29,453,587–29,455,012, reverse strandBOLA2SLX1B: 29,454,501–29,458,223, forward strandSLX1BSULT1A4: 29,458,993–29,464,979, forward strandSULT1A4NPIPB12: 29,483,534–29,508,595, reverse strandNPIPB12SPN: 29,662,957–29,670,876, forward strandSPNQPRT: 29,679,180–29,698,699, forward strandQPRTC16orf54: 29,742,463–29,746,079, reverse strandC16orf54ZG16: 29,760,591–29,783,885, forward strandZG16KIF22: 29,790,137–29,805,388, forward strandKIF22MAZ: 29,805,637–29,811,176, forward strandMAZPRRT2: 29,811,382–29,815,892, forward strandPRRT2: 29,812,261–29,820,092, forward strandPAGR1: 29,816,086–29,822,489, forward strand: 29,817,239–29,830,627, forward strandMVP: 29,820,394–29,848,039, forward strandCDIPT: 29,857,474–29,863,414, reverse strandCDIPTSEZ6L2: 29,871,159–29,899,582, reverse strandSEZ6L2ASPHD1: 29,900,363–29,919,864, forward strandASPHD1KCTD13: 29,903,877–29,926,236, reverse strandKCTD13TMEM219: 29,940,885–29,973,052, forward strandTMEM219TAOK2: 29,973,675–29,992,262, forward strandTAOK2HIRIP3: 29,992,314–29,996,126, reverse strandHIRIP3INO80E: 29,994,983–30,005,794, forward strandINO80EDOC2A: 30,005,507–30,023,270, reverse strandFIMP1: 30,023,198–30,027,736, forward strandTLCD3B: 30,024,425–30,052,978, reverse strand: 30,053,101–30,071,526, forward strandALDOA: 30,064,164–30,070,457, forward strandALDOAPPP4C: 30,075,967–30,085,391, forward strandPPP4CTBX6: 30,085,793–30,091,933, reverse strandTBX6YPEL3: 30,092,314–30,096,915, reverse strandGDPD3: 30,104,810–30,114,034, reverse strandMAPK3: 30,114,104–30,123,506, reverse strandCORO1A: 30,182,798–30,189,085, forward strandCORO1ADiagram of QPRT: 4 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 16Exon 1: 29,679,180–29,679,210, 31 basesExon 2: 29,694,664–29,695,199, 536 basesExon 3: 29,696,996–29,697,127, 132 basesExon 4: 29,697,199–29,698,699, 1,501 bases12345′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 2.2 kb of the gene's 19.5 kb; 894 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.). QPRT gene: quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase. Retrieved 17 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/qprt

Vancouver

Dante Labs. QPRT gene: quinolinate phosphoribosyltransferase [Internet]. [cited 17 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/qprt

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