pentraxin-2 (neuronal pentraxin, NPTX)

Introduction

Also pentaxin. A family of proteins with discoid arrangement of 5 noncovalently bound subunits. Proteins of this family include:

• pentraxin-1
• pentraxin-2
• PTX3
• C-reactive protein (CRP)
• serum amyloid P-component (SAP)

More general terms

• oligomerizing protein
• glycoprotein
• Ca+2 binding protein

More specific terms

• C-reactive protein; contains: C-reactive protein(1-205) (CRP PTX1)
• neuronal pentraxin-1; NP1; neuronal pentraxin I; NP-I (NPTX1)
• neuronal pentraxin-2; NP2; neuronal pentraxin II; NP-II (NPTX2)
• pentraxin-related protein PTX3; tumor necrosis factor-inducible gene 14 protein; TSG-14 (PTX3, TNFAIP5, TSG14)
• serum amyloid P component; 9.5S alpha-1 glycoprotein (SAP)