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Gene information for PIGK (Homo sapiens)
(Information is obtained from NCBI Gene database)
Entrez gene ID10026
Official gene symbolPIGK
Full namephosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class K
Aliases,GPI8,MGC22559,
Gene summaryThis 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]
LocationChromosome: 1   Locus: 1p31.1
Gene position77685132 - 77554666  Map Viewer
Gene orientationminus
Gene size130467 bp
Gene sequence
OMIM ID605087