Synonyms:
ASCR, AltPrP, CD230, CJD, GSS, KURU, PRIP, PrP, PrP27-30, PrP33-35C, PrPc, p27-30
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- Human(5621) Summary: The 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. An overlapping open reading frame has been found for this gene that encodes a smaller, structurally unrelated protein, AltPrp. Alternative splicing results in multiple transcript variants. [provided by RefSeq, Oct 2012]
- Mouse(19122) prion protein
- Rat(24686) prion protein
- domestic cat(493886) prion protein
- chicken(396452) prion protein
- Horse(100065904) prion protein
- naked mole-rat(101710391) prion protein
- cow(281427) prion protein
- domestic guinea pig(100714701) prion protein
- sheep(493887) prion protein
- Domestic Rabbit(100345744) prion protein
- dog(485783) prion protein