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Gene

PRCD

photoreceptor disc component

Summary

Cytogenetic location
17q25.1
Coordinates
Chromosome 17: 76,540,044–76,545,376 (GRCh38)
Exons
5 exons across 5.3 kb
Protein
54 amino acids
Also known as
RP36
MANE Select transcript
ENST00000592014.6NM_001077620.3
Locus type
gene with protein product
  • Very high
  • Confident
  • Low
  • Very low

Reference genomeGRCh38

Positions on gene and variant pages follow this choice, in this browser.

Curated report relevant to this gene

    • Retinitis Pigmentosa

      • One of 77 genes linked to it

        A group of inherited retinal dystrophies with progressive loss of rod and then cone photoreceptors, causing night blindness and gradual loss of peripheral vision.

        • 3 GenCC submitters rate it definitive or strong

    How PRCD is laid out

    • Coding sequence
    • Untranslated region
    • Intron
    • Direction of transcription
    • Known disease-causing sites
    Chromosome 17, with a bracket where PRCD sits. PRCD and 24 genes near it on chromosome 17, from 76,042,710 to 77,042,709.Chromosome 1717q25.1p13.3p13.2p13.1p12p11.2p11.1q11.1q11.2q12q21.1q21.2q21.31q21.32q21.33q22q23.1q23.2q23.3q24.1q24.2q24.3q25.1q25.2q25.376.2 Mb76.4 Mb76.6 Mb76.8 Mb77 MbSRP68: 76,037,989–76,072,718, reverse strandSRP68ZACN: 76,071,961–76,083,666, forward strandZACNGALR2: 76,074,773–76,077,537, forward strandGALR2EXOC7: 76,080,995–76,121,576, reverse strandEXOC7FOXJ1: 76,136,333–76,141,256, reverse strandFOXJ1RNF157: 76,142,460–76,240,662, reverse strandRNF157UBALD2: 76,265,197–76,271,298, forward strandUBALD2QRICH2: 76,274,049–76,308,282, reverse strandQRICH2PRPSAP1: 76,309,478–76,384,521, reverse strandPRPSAP1SPHK1: 76,376,584–76,387,860, forward strandSPHK1UBE2O: 76,389,456–76,453,226, reverse strandUBE2OAANAT: 76,452,749–76,470,122, forward strandAANATRHBDF2: 76,470,884–76,501,790, reverse strandRHBDF2CYGB: 76,527,356–76,551,175, reverse strandCYGBPRCD: 76,540,044–76,545,376, forward strandPRCD: 76,563,710–76,569,724, reverse strandST6GALNAC2: 76,564,424–76,586,956, reverse strandST6GALNAC2ST6GALNAC1: 76,624,228–76,643,907, reverse strandST6GALNAC1MXRA7: 76,672,551–76,711,091, reverse strandMXRA7JMJD6: 76,712,830–76,726,784, reverse strandJMJD6METTL23: 76,725,981–76,735,416, forward strandMETTL23: 76,732,978–76,738,522, forward strandSRSF2: 76,734,115–76,737,919, reverse strandSRSF2MFSD11: 76,735,865–76,789,874, forward strandMGAT5B: 76,868,134–76,950,393, forward strandMGAT5BDiagram of PRCD: 5 exons on the forward strand of chromosome 17Exon 1: 6 known disease-causing sitesExon 2: 1 known disease-causing siteExon 1: 76,540,044–76,540,215, 172 basesExon 2: 76,540,505–76,540,573, 69 basesExon 3: 76,542,553–76,542,633, 81 basesExon 4: 76,543,029–76,543,121, 93 basesExon 5: 76,543,803–76,545,376, 1,574 bases123455′3′

    Exons of the gene's MANE Select transcript (release v1.5), from NCBI and EMBL-EBI, on the GRCh38 reference genome.

    Chromosome bands from UCSC's GRCh38 ideogram (2022-10-29).

    Nearby genes from Ensembl release 116, on GRCh38.

    Exons make up 2 kb of the gene's 5.3 kb; 165 of those bases code for the protein.

    How a genome test reads PRCD

    8

    positions in PRCD where ClinVar classes a change as pathogenic or likely pathogenic

    None of them falls in a region short reads find hard.

    A whole genome covers all 5.3 kb of PRCD, introns included, not only the 2 kb of exons.

    Where this comes from

    • HGNC: the gene's symbol, name, other symbols and location.
    • MANE Select v1.5, from NCBI and EMBL-EBI: the transcript, its exons and coding sequence.
    • GenCC and ClinGen, released 2026-10-16: which conditions the gene is linked to, and how strongly.
    • The ACMG secondary findings list, SF v3.2.
    • ClinVar and the GIAB stratifications: known disease-causing sites, and the regions short reads find hard.
    • The Human Phenotype Ontology, release 2026-09-01: the traits linked to the gene. Find out more at hpo.jax.org.
    • Data release 2026.10.16-c6eea6bf.

    Cite this page

    APA

    Dante Labs. (n.d.). PRCD gene: photoreceptor disc component. Retrieved 16 October 2026, from https://dantelabs.com/genes/prcd

    Vancouver

    Dante Labs. PRCD gene: photoreceptor disc component [Internet]. [cited 16 October 2026]. Available from: https://dantelabs.com/genes/prcd

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