Gene Information
Gene NamePRPH
OrganismHomo sapiens (Human)
Gene Length470
Protein NamesPeripherin (Neurofilament 4)
Target NameNA
Target TypeNA
Gene Age680 ( ENSG00000135406 )
Evolutionary StageEukaryota
AlphaFoldDBP41219
Gene CardPRPH
Uniprot IDP41219
PfamPF00038; PF04732
In ASDno
Allosteric Predictionno (-0.448364155)
Ortholog in AnimalsAlpaca_ PRPH ( ortholog_one2one )
Dog_ PRPH ( ortholog_one2one )
GuineaPig_ PRPH ( ortholog_one2one )
Macaque_ PRPH ( ortholog_one2one )
Mouse_ Prph ( ortholog_one2one )
Pig_ PRPH ( ortholog_one2one )
Rat_ Prph ( ortholog_one2one )
Rabbit_ PRPH ( ortholog_one2one )
OhnologsKRT33A, GFAP, KRT19, KRT15, KRT10, KRT17P2, KRT16, KRT14, VIM, DES
ParalogsVIM, KRT12, KRT74, INA, NEFM, KRT39, SYNM, KRT13, KRT80, KRT33B, KRT31, KRT77, KRT26, KRT32, KRT73, KRT28, KRT37, KRT38, KRT6B, KRT6A, KRT6C, KRT72, KRT20, KRT5, KRT222, LMNB1, KRT23, KRT4, KRT36, KRT7, KRT34, KRT75, KRT25, KRT76, KRT35, KRT78, KRT24, KRT40, KRT86, KRT83, KRT81, NES, DES, KRT2, KRT9, KRT27, KRT3, KRT84, LMNB2, KRT33A, KRT82, BFSP2, KRT14, KRT16, KRT85, LMNA, KRT8, GFAP, KRT17, KRT79, KRT71, KRT1, KRT19, LMNTD1, NEFL, KRT15, KRT18, KRT10
TissueNA
Tissue SpecificityExpressed in the neurons of the outer hair cells in the organ of Corti and to a lesser extent in type I spiral ganglion cells. {ECO:0000269|PubMed:21088854}.
Pharmacological Animal ModelsNA
Gene Ontology
(biological process)
Gene Ontology
(cellular component)
Gene Ontology
(molecular function)
PDB NA 
DBSNP rs267607528  rs58599399 
Subcellular location [CC]Cytoplasm, cytoskeleton {ECO:0000269|PubMed:15322088, ECO:0000269|PubMed:15446584, ECO:0000269|PubMed:18408015}. Cell projection, axon {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15331}. Perikaryon {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:P15331}.
Mouse PG classificationNA
click here to return to the previous page