Gene

prnpa

ID
ZDB-GENE-041217-6
Name
prion protein a (Kanno blood group)
Symbol
prnpa Nomenclature History
Previous Names
  • prnp
  • PrP3 (1)
  • PrP-like (1)
  • PrP-rel-2 (1)
Type
protein_coding_gene
Location
Chr: 8 Mapping Details/Browsers
Description
Exhibits copper ion binding activity and superoxide dismutase activity. Predicted to localize to integral component of membrane. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome; Huntington's disease-like 1; fatal familial insomnia; and kuru. Is expressed in heart; neuromast; pectoral fin; and pharyngeal arch 3-7 skeleton. Orthologous to human PRNP (prion protein).
Genome Resources
Note
None
Comparative Information
Expression
All Expression Data
1 figure from Cotto et al., 2005
Cross-Species Comparison
High Throughput Data
Thisse Expression Data
No data available
Wild Type Expression Summary
Phenotype
All Phenotype Data
No data available
Cross-Species Comparison
Alliance
Phenotype Summary
Mutations
Mutants
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Human Disease
Associated With prnpa Human Ortholog
Disease Ontology Term Multi-Species Data OMIM Term OMIM Phenotype ID
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Alliance Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 123400
fatal familial insomnia Alliance Insomnia, fatal familial 600072
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome Alliance Cerebral amyloid angiopathy, PRNP-related 137440
Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome Alliance Gerstmann-Straussler disease 137440
Huntington's disease-like 1 Alliance Huntington disease-like 1 603218
Spongiform encephalopathy with neuropsychiatric features 606688
{Kuru, susceptibility to} 245300
Associated With prnpa Via Experimental Models
No data available
Gene Ontology
Protein Domains
Domain, Family, and Site Summary
No data available
Domain Details Per Protein
Protein Length
UniProtKB:Q7T2P9 188
Transcripts
Genome Browsers
Interactions and Pathways
No data available
Antibodies
No data available
Plasmids
No data available
Constructs
Marker Relationships
Sequences
Orthology
Comparative Orthology
Alliance
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Ensembl
Citations