Kuru, susceptibility to

Summary

Kuru, susceptibility to (MONDO:0009500) is a disease with 1 cohort gene.

At a glance

• Cohort genes: 1
• ClinVar variants: 11

Clinical features

No curated clinical features (Orphanet) for this disease.

Identifiers

Disease identifiers

Field	Value
Canonical name	kuru, susceptibility to
Mondo ID	MONDO:0009500
OMIM	245300
UMLS	C1855588
MedGen	343389
Is cancer (heuristic)	no

Also known as: kuru, susceptibility to

Data availability: 11 ClinVar variants.

Disease family

Classification path: disease susceptibility › inherited disease susceptibility › kuru, susceptibility to

Related subtypes (283): microvascular complications of diabetes, susceptibility, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, susceptibility, bacteremia, susceptibility, pregnancy loss, recurrent, susceptibility, autoimmune thyroid disease, susceptibility to, susceptibility to HIV infection, appendicitis, proneness to, atherosclerosis susceptibility, multiple sclerosis, susceptibility to, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 1, endometriosis, susceptibility to, 1, osteoarthritis susceptibility 2, essential hypertension, genetic, osteoarthritis susceptibility 1, otitis media, susceptibility to, pelvic organ prolapse, susceptibility to, pulmonary edema of mountaineers, susceptibility to, sarcoidosis, susceptibility to, 1, strabismus, susceptibility to, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, susceptibility to, 1, predisposition to invasive fungal disease due to CARD9 deficiency, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 1, hemolytic uremic syndrome, atypical, susceptibility to, 1, hypervitaminosis a, susceptibility to, leprosy, susceptibility to, 3, nonarteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, susceptibility to, diabetes mellitus, insulin-dependent, X-linked, susceptibility to, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 3, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 9, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 15, Leber optic atrophy, susceptibility to, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 2, Helicobacter pylori infection, susceptibility to, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 1, inherited susceptibility to asthma, renal dysplasia, cystic, susceptibility to, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 1, leishmaniasis, tegumentary, susceptibility to, xanthomatosis, susceptibility to, hyperlipidemia, combined, 1, urinary tract infections, recurrent, susceptibility to, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 1, hepatic fibrosis, severe, susceptibility to, due to Schistosoma mansoni infection, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 3, Ascaris lumbricoides infection, susceptibility to, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 2, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 7, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 2, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 3, nephrolithiasis, uric acid, susceptibility to, atrioventricular septal defect, susceptibility to, 2, vitiligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease susceptibility 1, polysubstance abuse, susceptibility to, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 6, glaucoma, normal tension, susceptibility to, anorexia nervosa, susceptibility to, 1, stroke, susceptibility to, 1, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 5, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 2, familial meningioma, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 5, systemic lupus erythematosus with hemolytic anemia, susceptibility to, 1, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 3, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 1, bulimia nervosa, susceptibility to, 1, leprosy, susceptibility to, 2, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 9, Parkinson disease 11, autosomal dominant, susceptibility to, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis 3, susceptibility to, autoimmune disease, susceptibility to, 1, osteoarthritis susceptibility 3, systemic lupus erythematosus with nephritis, susceptibility to, 1, systemic lupus erythematosus with nephritis, susceptibility to, 2, systemic lupus erythematosus with nephritis, susceptibility to, 3, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 2, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 4, autoimmune disease, susceptibility to, 2, autoimmune disease, susceptibility to, 3, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 4, myocardial infarction, susceptibility to, major depressive disorder 1, legionnaire disease, susceptibility to, myocardial infarction, susceptibility to, 2, major depressive disorder 2, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 4, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 3, myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile, susceptibility to, 3, orofacial cleft 6, susceptibility to, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 5, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, susceptibility to, 1, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, susceptibility to, 2, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, susceptibility to, 3, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, susceptibility to, 4, Alzheimer disease 9, susceptibility to respiratory infections associated with CD8alpha chain mutation, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 8, autoimmune disease, susceptibility to, 4, hepatitis C virus, susceptibility to, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 4, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 4, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 2, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 3, leprosy, susceptibility to, 1, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 5, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 6, opioid dependence, susceptibility to, 1, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 7, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 8, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 5, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 6, Parkinson disease 13, autosomal dominant, susceptibility to, West Nile virus, susceptibility to, hepatitis B virus, susceptibility to, Buruli ulcer, susceptibility to, osteoarthritis susceptibility 4, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 9, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 7, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 7, leprosy, susceptibility to, 4, hypertension, essential, susceptibility to, 8, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 13, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 8, myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile, susceptibility to, 4, susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis, 2, susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis, 3, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 6, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 5, epilepsy, childhood absence, susceptibility to, 6, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 7, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 8, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 9, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 10, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 11, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 12, celiac disease, susceptibility to, 13, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 9, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 10, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 11, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 12, epilepsy, childhood absence, susceptibility to, 5, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, susceptibility to, 5, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, susceptibility to, 6, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 13, sarcoidosis, susceptibility to, 2, sarcoidosis, susceptibility to, 3, osteoarthritis susceptibility 5, osteoarthritis susceptibility 6, focal segmental glomerulosclerosis 4, susceptibility to, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 8, herpes simplex encephalitis, susceptibility to, 2, attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, susceptibility to, 7, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 10, pelvic organ prolapse, susceptibility to, 2, systemic lupus erythematosus, susceptibility to, 14, leprosy, susceptibility to, 5, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, susceptibility to, 2, hearing loss, cisplatin-induced, susceptibility to, susceptibility to mononeuropathy of the median nerve, mild, fatty liver disease, nonalcoholic, susceptibility to, 2, leprosy, susceptibility to, 6, autoimmune disease, susceptibility to, 6, Parkinson disease 5, autosomal dominant, susceptibility to, aspergillosis, susceptibility to, sick sinus syndrome 3, susceptibility to, Parkinson disease 18, autosomal dominant, susceptibility to, epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic, susceptibility to, 9, dengue virus, susceptibility to, coronary heart disease, susceptibility to, 6, podoconiosis, susceptibility to, peripartum cardiomyopathy, susceptibility to, influenza, severe, susceptibility to, thyrotoxic periodic paralysis, susceptibility to, 3, human herpesvirus 8, susceptibility to, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 12, herpes simplex encephalitis, susceptibility to, 3, herpes simplex encephalitis, susceptibility to, 4, pulmonary hypertension, neonatal, susceptibility to, craniosynostosis 5, susceptibility to, melioidosis, susceptibility to, chronic mountain sickness, susceptibility to, herpes simplex encephalitis, susceptibility to, 7, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 14, hereditary neoplastic syndrome, autosomal recessive Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases due to partial IFNgammaR1 deficiency, autosomal recessive Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases due to partial IFNgammaR2 deficiency, susceptibility to localized juvenile periodontitis, inherited susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases, neural tube defects, susceptibility to, multiple system atrophy 1, susceptibility to, nephrolithiasis susceptibility caused by SLC26A1, myoclonic epilepsy, juvenile, susceptibility to, 1, epilepsy, childhood absence, susceptibility to, 1, autism, susceptiblity to, susceptibility to visceral leishmaniasis, 1, malaria, susceptibility to, spondyloarthropathy, susceptibility to, herpes simplex encephalitis, susceptibility to, 1, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 18, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 15, hepatitis, fulminant viral, susceptibility to, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 16, autosomal recessive mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial diseases due to partial jak1 deficiency, aortic aneurysm, familial thoracic 11, susceptibility to, craniosynostosis 7, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, susceptibility to, 24, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, susceptibility to, 25, epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic, susceptibility to, 10, susceptibility to angioedema induced by ACE inhibitors, epidermodysplasia verruciformis, susceptibility to, exfoliation syndrome, susceptibility to, basal cell carcinoma, susceptibility to, graft-versus-host disease, susceptibility to, narcolepsy, susceptibility to, pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive, susceptibility to, restless legs syndrome, susceptibility to, psoriasis, susceptibility to, age related macular degeneration, susceptibility to, allergic rhinitis, susceptibility to, dermatitis, atopic, susceptibility to, Hirschsprung disease, susceptibility to, diabetes mellitus, ketosis-prone, schizophrenia, susceptibility to, radioulnar synostosis, nonsyndromic, susceptibility to, lumbar disk herniation, susceptibility to, lumbar disk degeneration, susceptibility to, psoriatic arthritis, susceptibility to, migraine with or without aura, susceptibility to, Alzheimer disease, susceptibility to, mitochondrial, Asperger syndrome, susceptibility to, tobacco addiction, susceptibility to, lipodystrophy, partial, acquired, susceptibility to, Graves disease, susceptibility to, 1, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 17, breast-ovarian cancer, familial, susceptibility to, blepharospasm, benign essential, susceptibility to, hemorrhage, intracerebral, susceptibility to, IgA nephropathy, susceptibility to, hemolytic uremic syndrome, atypical, susceptibility to, 7, vitiligo-associated multiple autoimmune disease susceptibility 6, delayed sleep phase syndrome, susceptibility to, encephalitis, acute, infection-induced, susceptibility to, malignant hyperthermia, susceptibility to, multicentric Castleman disease, susceptibility to, pelvic organ prolapse, susceptibility to, 1, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, susceptibility to, 13, Graves disease, susceptibility to, X-linked 2, autoimmune thyroid disease, susceptibility to, 5, atrioventricular septal defect, susceptibility to, 1, epilepsy, juvenile myoclonic, susceptibility to, 6, autoimmune disease, susceptibility to, 5, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 6, seasonal affective disorder, susceptibility to, ventricular fibrillation during myocardial infarction, susceptibility to, UV-induced skin damage, susceptibility to, antisocial behavior, susceptibility to, aplastic anemia, susceptibility to, cardiomyopathy, familial hypertrophic, 4, susceptibility to, cirrhosis, noncryptogenic, susceptibility to, coronary artery disease, severe, susceptibility to, dengue fever, susceptibility to, dengue hemorrhagic fever, susceptibility to, dengue shock syndrome, susceptibility to, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 4, dyslexia, susceptibility to, 7, efavirenz central nervous system toxicity, susceptibility to, obesity, susceptibility to, bleeding disorder, platelet-type, 13, susceptibility to, Schistosoma mansoni infection, susceptibility/resistance to, Parkinson disease 24, autosomal dominant, susceptibility to, iron overload, susceptibility to, hydrocephalus, congenital, 5, susceptibility to, hearing loss, noise-induced, susceptibility to, hyperemesis gravidarum, susceptibility to, Parkinson disease 26, autosomal dominant, susceptibility to, epilepsy, idiopathic generalized, susceptibility to, 19, polycystic kidney disease 9, susceptibility to, rhabdomyolysis, susceptibility to, scoliosis, isolated, susceptibility to, dystonia 38, susceptibility to, gallbladder disease 4, epilepsy, juvenile absence, susceptibility to, GBA1-related Parkinson disease, susceptibility, SH2B3-related immune system disorder

Genetics & variants

GWAS landscape

No GWAS associations recorded — common-variant (GWAS) studies don’t cover this disease (typical for Mendelian / rare diseases). See the curated gene cohort and Mendelian overlap below.

Variant details and genetic-evidence tiers

ClinVar germline variants

11 retrieved; paginated sample, class counts are floors:

4 benign/likely benign, 3 uncertain significance, 1 pathogenic, 1 pathogenic/likely pathogenic/pathogenic, low penetrance, 1 conflicting classifications of pathogenicity, 1 likely benign

ClinVar	Variant (HGVS)	Gene	Classification	Review
13398	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.598G>A (p.Glu200Lys)	PRNP	Pathogenic	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
13403	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.628G>A (p.Val210Ile)	PRNP	Pathogenic/Likely pathogenic/Pathogenic, low penetrance	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
13405	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.538G>A (p.Val180Ile)	PRNP	Conflicting classifications of pathogenicity	criteria provided, conflicting classifications
13406	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.695T>G (p.Met232Arg)	PRNP	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1468083	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.498G>A (p.Met166Ile)	PRNP	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
338656	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.*115G>A	PRNP	Uncertain significance	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
13397	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.385A>G (p.Met129Val)	PRNP	Benign/Likely benign	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
1576397	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.636G>A (p.Gln212=)	PRNP	Likely benign	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
338645	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.159C>T (p.Gly53=)	PRNP	Benign/Likely benign	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
65494	NM_000311.3(PRNP):c.204_227del24 (p.Pro84_Gln91del)	PRNP	Benign/Likely benign	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts
766882	NM_000311.5(PRNP):c.306G>A (p.Pro102=)	PRNP	Benign/Likely benign	criteria provided, multiple submitters, no conflicts

Genes & proteins

Mendelian disease overlap and somatic drivers

GenCC: 0 · Orphanet: 7 · OMIM-shared: 0 · Dual-evidence (GWAS+Mendelian): 0

Orphanet rare-disease linkage (cohort genes)

Gene	Orphanet ID	Rare disease
PRNP	Orphanet:157941	Huntington disease-like 1
PRNP	Orphanet:280397	Familial Alzheimer-like prion disease
PRNP	Orphanet:282166	Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
PRNP	Orphanet:356	Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome
PRNP	Orphanet:397606	PrP systemic amyloidosis
PRNP	Orphanet:454745	Kuru
PRNP	Orphanet:466	Fatal familial insomnia

Cohort genes → proteins

1 cohort genes, 1 distinct canonical proteins.

Evidence partition

Subset	Genes
multi_evidence	1

Cohort genes (full)

Symbol	HGNC	Ensembl	UniProt	Name	Evidence
PRNP	HGNC:9449	ENSG00000171867	F7VJQ1	Alternative prion protein	clinvar

Protein-family classification

Druggable: 0 · Difficult: 0 · Unknown: 1 · Druggable fraction: 0.0

Family distribution

Cohort families vs a genome-wide background (hypergeometric, BH-FDR; fold = observed/expected). Counts kept; sorted by enrichment, so the catch-all Other/Unknown bucket no longer leads.

Family	Genes	Fold	FDR
Other/Unknown	1	1.8×	0.558

Per-gene assignment

Symbol	Family	Druggable?	EC	InterPro (top 3)
PRNP	Other/Unknown	no		Prion, Prion_copper_b_octapeptide, Prion/Doppel_prot_b-ribbon_dom

Expression context

Cohort genes with no expression data: 0.

1 cohort gene are a single-cell marker in ≥1 SCXA experiment.

Breadth distribution (Bgee present_calls)

Bucket	Genes
narrow (1-5 tissues)	0
moderate (6-20)	0
broad (>20)	1
unknown	0

Top tissues across cohort

Tissue	Cohort genes
Brodmann (1909) area 23	1
CA1 field of hippocampus	1
pigmented layer of retina	1

Per-gene tissue summary (top 30)

Symbol	Bgee breadth	FANTOM5 breadth	SCXA	Top tissues
PRNP	294	ubiquitous	marker	CA1 field of hippocampus, Brodmann (1909) area 23, pigmented layer of retina

Protein interactions among cohort

Intra-cohort edges: 0.

Hub genes (top 10 by interactor count)

Symbol	Interactor count
PRNP	2,594

Structural data

PDB: 1 · AlphaFold-only: 0 · No structure: 0

Cohort genes with PDB structures (top 30)

Symbol	UniProt	PDB entries
PRNP	F7VJQ1	70

Function

Pathway analysis

Distinct Reactome pathways touched by cohort: 2. Enrichment computed across 1 evidence-associated genes (1 with Reactome annotation).

Pathways by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

Pathway	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
Insertion of tail-anchored proteins into the endoplasmic reticulum membrane	1	475.8×	0.004	PRNP
NCAM1 interactions	1	248.3×	0.004	PRNP

GO biological processes by enrichment

Over-representation of cohort genes vs the genome-wide background (hypergeometric test, Benjamini-Hochberg FDR; fold = observed/expected over 1 annotated cohort genes). Counts and members are kept as ground-truth; sorted by enrichment.

GO term	Cohort genes	Fold	FDR	Sample cohort genes
regulation of glutamate receptor signaling pathway	1	3370.4×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of amyloid precursor protein catabolic process	1	3370.4×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of dendritic spine maintenance	1	2808.7×	0.003	PRNP
regulation of calcium ion import across plasma membrane	1	2808.7×	0.003	PRNP
positive regulation of glutamate receptor signaling pathway	1	1532.0×	0.003	PRNP
dendritic spine maintenance	1	1296.3×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of long-term synaptic potentiation	1	1296.3×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of protein processing	1	1123.5×	0.003	PRNP
neuron projection maintenance	1	1123.5×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of interleukin-17 production	1	1053.2×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of activated T cell proliferation	1	1053.2×	0.003	PRNP
response to amyloid-beta	1	991.3×	0.003	PRNP
intracellular copper ion homeostasis	1	936.2×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of calcineurin-NFAT signaling cascade	1	936.2×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of amyloid-beta formation	1	887.0×	0.003	PRNP
response to cadmium ion	1	732.7×	0.003	PRNP
cellular response to copper ion	1	624.1×	0.003	PRNP
regulation of potassium ion transmembrane transport	1	624.1×	0.003	PRNP
negative regulation of interleukin-2 production	1	581.1×	0.003	PRNP
positive regulation of protein targeting to membrane	1	561.7×	0.003	PRNP
long-term memory	1	421.3×	0.004	PRNP
positive regulation of calcium-mediated signaling	1	421.3×	0.004	PRNP
cellular response to amyloid-beta	1	391.9×	0.004	PRNP
negative regulation of type II interferon production	1	383.0×	0.004	PRNP
negative regulation of T cell receptor signaling pathway	1	366.4×	0.004	PRNP
protein destabilization	1	290.6×	0.005	PRNP
positive regulation of neuron apoptotic process	1	271.8×	0.005	PRNP
positive regulation of protein localization to plasma membrane	1	271.8×	0.005	PRNP
learning or memory	1	240.7×	0.005	PRNP
cellular response to xenobiotic stimulus	1	240.7×	0.005	PRNP

Therapeutics

Drug target analysis

Approved (phase 4): 0 · Phase ≥3: 0 · Phased (≥1): 0 · Undrugged: 1

Druggability breadth: 1 of 1 evidence-associated genes (100%) have a ChEMBL target (buckets above are over the deeply-mined display cohort).

Top cohort targets by molecule count

Symbol	Molecules	Max phase
PRNP	0	0

Bioactivity and enzyme data

Enzyme cohort genes (≥1 EC): 0.

Pharmacogenomics

Cohort genes with a PharmGKB record: 1; with CPIC/DPWG dosing guidelines: 0.

No cohort gene has a CPIC/DPWG genotype-guided dosing guideline (PharmGKB).

Chemical tractability of cohort targets

0 approved/phased compounds have measured bioactivity against a cohort gene (and aren’t yet in disease-level trials). This is a research / tractability signal, NOT a therapeutic recommendation — a bioactivity row often reflects off-target or screening binding (e.g. promiscuous kinase inhibitors against a cohort kinase), implying no disease mechanism.

Druggability pyramid

Cohort genes binned by druggability tier (high → low):

Tier	Definition	Genes	Symbols
A	Approved (phase 4 drug)	0
B	Phased (≥1) drug, not yet approved	0
C	Druggable family + PDB, no drug	0
D	Druggable family + AlphaFold only, no drug	0
E	Difficult family or no structure, no drug	1	PRNP

Undrugged target profiles

1 cohort genes are undrugged. Ranked by ‘starting-point quality’ (assay depth + drugged-partner adjacency).

Symbol	ChEMBL assays	Drugged partners (top 3)
PRNP	0	—

Clinical trials & evidence

Clinical trials

Clinical trials: 0.