Table 1 Amino acid variation within the ORF of cervid PRNP in the surveyed deer species

Consensus sequence

T

S

S

P

Q

I

 Red Cervus elaphus

   TPQ

–

–

–

–

–

–

   TPE

–

–

–

–

E

–

   APQ

A

–

–

–

–

–

   APQ-L₂₄₇

A

–

–

–

–

L

   ASQ

A

–

–

S

–

–

 Roe Capreolus capreolus

   TPQ

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Sika Cervus nippon

  TPQ

–

–

–

–

–

–

 Fallow Dama dama

   TPE-N₁₃₈

–

–

N

–

E

–

 Muntjac Muntiacus reevesii

   SPQ

S

–

–

–

–

–

 Chinese water deer

  Hydropotes intermis

   TPQ

–

–

–

–

–

–

   TPQ-N₁₀₀

–

N

–

–

–

–