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Ptx4 pentraxin 4 [ Rattus norvegicus (Norway rat) ]

Gene ID: 287130, updated on 10-Feb-2026
Official Symbol
Ptx4provided by RGD
Official Full Name
pentraxin 4provided by RGD
Primary source
RGD:1311190
See related
Ensembl:ENSRNOG00000060934 AllianceGenome:RGD:1311190
Gene type
protein coding
RefSeq status
MODEL
Organism
Rattus norvegicus
Lineage
Eukaryota; Metazoa; Chordata; Craniata; Vertebrata; Euteleostomi; Mammalia; Eutheria; Euarchontoglires; Glires; Rodentia; Myomorpha; Muroidea; Muridae; Murinae; Rattus
Also known as
RGD1311190
Summary
Orthologous to human PTX4 (pentraxin 4). [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]
Expression
Biased expression in Muscle (RPKM 10.4), Heart (RPKM 1.1) and 1 other tissue See more
Orthologs
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Location:
10q12
Exon count:
3
Annotation release Status Assembly Chr Location
RS_2024_02 current GRCr8 (GCF_036323735.1) 10 NC_086028.1 (14644501..14650185)
RS_2023_06 previous assembly mRatBN7.2 (GCF_015227675.2) 10 NC_051345.1 (14140028..14146163)
106 previous assembly Rnor_6.0 (GCF_000001895.5) 10 NC_005109.4 (14481044..14486277)

Chromosome 10 - NC_086028.1Genomic Context describing neighboring genes Neighboring gene intraflagellar transport 140 Neighboring gene transmembrane protein 204 Neighboring gene telomere maintenance 2 Neighboring gene Cl-/H+ antiporter 7 Neighboring gene coiled-coil domain containing 154

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  • Project title: A rat RNA-Seq transcriptomic BodyMap across 11 organs and 4 developmental stages
  • Description: 320 RNA samples isolated from 11 organs (adrenal gland, brain, heart, kidney, liver, lung, muscle, spleen, thymus, and testes or uterus) from both sexes of Fischer 344 rats across four developmental stages (2-, 6-, 21-, and 104-weeks-old)
  • BioProject: PRJNA238328
  • Publication: PMID 24510058
  • Analysis date: Mon Jun 6 17:44:12 2016

Related articles in PubMed

  1. Long-term treatment with antidepressants, but not environmental stimulation, induces expression of NP2 mRNA in hippocampus and medial habenula. Bjartmar L, et al. Brain Res, 2010 Apr 30. PMID 20223226

GeneRIFs: Gene References Into Functions

Markers

Homology

Preferred Names
pentraxin-4
Names
pentraxin 4, long

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RefSeqs of Annotated Genomes: GCF_036323735.1-RS_2024_02

The following sections contain reference sequences that belong to a specific genome build. Explain

Reference GRCr8

Genomic

  1. NC_086028.1 Reference GRCr8

    Range
    14644501..14650185
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mRNA and Protein(s)

  1. XM_220237.6 → XP_220237.4  pentraxin-4

    See identical proteins and their annotated locations for XP_220237.4

    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
    A0A0G2JZ18, A6HCZ8
    Related
    ENSRNOP00000070878.3, ENSRNOT00000091072.3
    Conserved Domains (2) summary
    cl12013
    Location:57 → 194
    BAR; The Bin/Amphiphysin/Rvs (BAR) domain, a dimerization module that binds membranes and detects membrane curvature
    cl22861
    Location:289 → 488
    LamG; Laminin G domain; Laminin G-like domains are usually Ca++ mediated receptors that can have binding sites for steroids, beta1 integrins, heparin, sulfatides, fibulin-1, and alpha-dystroglycans. Proteins that contain LamG domains serve a variety of ...
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