Gene Symbol | PIGQ |
Entrez Gene ID | 9091 |
Full Name | phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class Q |
Synonyms | GPI1,c407A10.1 |
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Gene Type | protein-coding |
Organism | Homo sapiens(human) |
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Summary | This gene is involved in the first step in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor biosynthesis. The GPI-anchor is a glycolipid found on many blood cells and serves to anchor proteins to the cell surface. This gene encodes a N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase component that is part of the complex that catalyzes transfer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) from UDP-GlcNAc to phosphatidylinositol (PI). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2012]. |
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