| ncRNA Symbol: | PIGQ |
| Full Name: | phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class Q |
| Category: | mRNA |
| Synonyms: | GPI1|c407A10.1 |
| Chromosome: | chr16 |
| Strand: | + |
| Coordinate: | | Start Site(bp): | 566995 | End Site(bp): | 584136 |
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| Gene 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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