Viral Details

Viral Backbone

Human Adenovirus Type5 (dE1/E3)

Promoter

CMV

Reporter

none, optional GFP, CFP, YFP, RFP or mCherry

Storage Buffer

DMEM, 2% BSA, 2.5% Glycerol

Gene Details

Species

Human

Gene Symbol

PRNP

Gene Name

prion protein

Gene ID

5621

Gene Synonyms

AltPrP; ASCR; CD230; CJD; GSS; KURU; p27-30; PRIP; PrP; PrP27-30; PrP33-35C; PrPc

ORF Size

762 bp

RefSeq#

BC012844

Gene Description

PRNP 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.

UniGene ID

Hs.714553

HGNC ID

HGNC:9449