rs16990018(A;G)
From SNPedia
PrP 171 N/S Heterozygote - Unknown significance |
Is a | genotype |
of | rs16990018 |
Gene | PRNP |
Chromosome | 20 |
Position | 4,699,732 |
mentioned | by |
Magnitude | 1 |
Geno | Mag | Summary |
---|---|---|
(A;A) | 0 | PrP Codon 171 Asn - Non-pathogenic variant |
(A;G) | 1 | PrP 171 N/S Heterozygote - Unknown significance |
(G;G) | 2 |
This SNP indicates heterozygosity at Codon 171 of the Prion Protein. This SNP was recently determined to be more common than expected in healthy controls [PMID 20583301] and so is now believed to be non-pathogenic.