| Entrez gene ID | | 10026 |
| Official gene symbol | | PIGK |
| Full name | | phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class K |
| Aliases | | ,GPI8,MGC22559, |
| Gene summary | | This gene encodes a member of the cysteine protease family C13 that is involved 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 protein is a member of the multisubunit enzyme, GPI transamidase and is thought to be its enzymatic component. GPI transamidase mediates GPI anchoring in the endoplasmic reticulum, by catalyzing the transfer of fully assembled GPI units to proteins. [provided by RefSeq] |
| Location | | Chromosome: 1 Locus: 1p31.1 |
| Gene position | | 77685132 - 77554666 Map Viewer |
| Gene orientation | | minus |
| Gene size | | 130467 bp |
| Gene sequence |
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| OMIM ID | | 605087 |
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