Integrative genome analysis identified the KANNO blood group antigen as prion protein.
Yosuke OmaeShoichi ItoMayumi TakeuchiKazumi IsaKenichi OgasawaraKinuyo KawabataAkira OdaSayaka KaitoHatsue TsuneyamaMakoto UchikawaIkuo WadaHitoshi OhtoKatsushi TokunagaPublished in: Transfusion (2019)
We first identified the coding gene of the high-frequency antigen KANNO located in PRNP and the missense variation (E219K) that affects the seropositivity of the KANNO antigen, which were confirmed by PRNP overexpressed cells.