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PRPH

protein-coding gene in the species Homo sapiens
Gene gene Q14864874
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Summary

PRPH is a gene[1]. PRPH ranks in the top 2% of gene entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (116 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: protein-coding gene[3]
  • HomoloGene ID: 4559[4]
  • Genomic start: 49293252[5], 49687035[6]
  • Genomic end: 49298686[7], 49692465[8]
  • Ortholog: Prph[9]
  • Encodes: Peripherin[10]
  • Found in taxon: Homo sapiens[11]
  • Chromosome: human chromosome 12[12]
  • Strand orientation: forward strand[13]
  • Exact match: http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/5630[14]
  • Cytogenetic location: 12q13.12[15]
  • Expressed in: spinal ganglia[16], trigeminal ganglion[17], sperm[18], left testis[19], right testis[20], muscle layer of sigmoid colon[21], gonad[22], testicle[23], optic nerve[24], sympathetic trunk[25]

Why It Matters

PRPH is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Ensembl Release 87. wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . HomoloGene build68. omabrowser.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . UniProt. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . ensembl Release 106. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Identifiers.org. ebi.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . NCBI Gene. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Bgee. Retrieved . bgee.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 22w ago · Mathieu Kappler · 2026-05-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Hgnc gene symbol → PRPH
    Microsoft academic id (discontinued) → 28521208
    Refseq rna id → NM_006262
    Exact match → http://identifiers.org/ncbigene/5630
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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