The PRNP gene homepage

General information
Gene symbol PRNP
Gene name prion protein
Chromosome 20
Chromosomal band p13
Imprinted Unknown
Genomic reference NG_009087.1
Transcript reference NM_000311.3
Exon/intron information NM_000311.3 exon/intron table
Associated with diseases AD, CJD, DEM, FFI, GSD, HDL1, PRND, Kuru, susceptibility to
Citation reference(s) -
Refseq URL Genomic reference sequence
Curators (1) Global Variome, with Curator vacancy
Total number of public variants reported 162
Unique public DNA variants reported 65
Individuals with public variants 327
Hidden variants -
Notes Initiation of the database was helped by the Prion protein/CJD database, last upated 16 Nov 2000.
Date created May 03, 2013
Date last updated April 19, 2024
Version PRNP:240419

Graphical displays and utilities
Graphs Graphs displaying summary information of all variants in the database »
Reading frame checker The Reading-frame checker generates a prediction of the effect of whole-exon changes. Active for: NM_000311.3.
UCSC Genome Browser Show variants in the UCSC Genome Browser (full view, compact view)
Ensembl Genome Browser Show variants in the Ensembl Genome Browser (full view, compact view)
NCBI Sequence Viewer Show distribution histogram of variants in the NCBI Sequence Viewer

Links to other resources
Homepage URL http://www.LOVD.nl/PRNP
External URL Prion protein/CJD database
HGNC 9449
Entrez Gene 5621
PubMed articles PRNP
OMIM - Gene 176640
OMIM - Diseases AD (Alzheimer disease (AD))
CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD))
FFI (insomnia, fatal, familial)
GSD (Gerstmann-Straussler disease (GSD))
HDL1 (Huntington disease-like, type 1 (HDL-1))
PRND (prion disease (PRND))
Kuru, susceptibility to
HGMD PRNP
GeneCards PRNP
GeneTests PRNP
Orphanet PRNP


Active transcripts


ID     

Chr     

Name     

NCBI ID     

NCBI Protein ID     

DescendingVariants     
00016873 20 transcript variant 1 NM_000311.3 NP_000302.1 162


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