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Facts about Alternative prion protein.
Might be required for neuronal myelin sheath maintenance. May promote myelin homeostasis through acting as an agonist for ADGRG6 receptor.
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Gene Name: | PRNP |
Uniprot: | F7VJQ1 |
Entrez: | 5621 |
Belongs to: |
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No superfamily |
CD230; CJD; fatal familial insomnia); GSS; prion protein (p27-30); prion protein PrP; prion protein; prion-related protein; PRIPMGC26679
Mass (kDA):
8.691 kDA
Human | |
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Location: | 20p13 |
Sequence: | 20; NC_000020.11 (4686456..4701588) |
Detected in brain homogenate, primary neurons, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (at protein level).
Mitochondrion outer membrane; Single-pass membrane protein.
PMID: 21478263 by Vanderperre B., et al. An overlapping reading frame in the PRNP gene encodes a novel polypeptide distinct from the prion protein.
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