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Gene information for PRNP (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID5621
Official gene symbolPRNP
Full nameprion protein
Aliases,ASCR,CD230,CJD,GSS,MGC26679,PRIP,PrP,PrP27-30,PrP33-35C,PrPc,prion,
Gene summaryThe protein encoded by this gene is a membrane glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored glycoprotein that tends to aggregate into rod-like structures. The encoded protein contains a highly unstable region of five tandem octapeptide repeats. This gene is found on chromosome 20, approximately 20 kbp upstream of a gene which encodes a biochemically and structurally similar protein to the one encoded by this gene. Mutations in the repeat region as well as elsewhere in this gene have been associated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, fatal familial insomnia, Gerstmann-Straussler disease, Huntington disease-like 1, and kuru. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants encoding the same protein. [provided by RefSeq]
LocationChromosome: 20   Locus: 20p13
Gene position4666797 - 4682234  Map Viewer
Gene orientationplus
Gene size15438 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID176640