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- Title
Prion protein gene polymorphisms in Turkish native goat breeds.
- Authors
MEYDAN, HASAN; PEHLİVAN, ERKAN; ÖZKAN, MUSTAFA; YILDIZ, MEHMET; GOLDMANN, WILFRED
- Abstract
Susceptibility to 'scrapie' disease in goats is influenced by polymorphisms of the prion protein ( PRNP) gene. The aim of this study was to identify PRNP gene polymorphisms in a total of 356 scrapie disease-free goats from 10 Turkish native breeds. Eighteen single-nucleotide polymorphisms were detected in the caprine PRNP open-reading frame. Ten previously described amino acid substitutions (I142M, H143R, N146S, N146D, R151H, R154H, P168Q, R211Q, Q222K and P240S) and two novel dimorphisms (G134E and Q163P) were identified. The strongest association between caprine PRNP and relative resistance to scrapie disease has been reported previously for polymorphisms at codons 146 (S /D) and 222 (K). In the present study, these three PrP variants were relatively rare with 6.3%. This is the first report on PRNP gene variation in Turkish native goat breeds and our knowledge of these polymorphisms will assist goat breeding programmes to reduce the risk of scrapie.
- Subjects
SCRAPIE; GENETIC polymorphisms; GOATS; SINGLE nucleotide polymorphisms; AMINO acids
- Publication
Journal of Genetics, 2017, Vol 96, Issue 2, p299
- ISSN
0022-1333
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12041-017-0763-1