Entrez gene ID | | 284098 |
Official gene symbol | | PIGW |
Full name | | phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class W |
Aliases | | ,FLJ37433,Gwt1, |
Gene summary | | Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) is a complex glycolipid that anchors many proteins to the cell surface. PIGW acts in the third step of GPI biosynthesis and acylates the inositol ring of phosphatidylinositol (Murakami et al., 2003 [PubMed 14517336]).[supplied by OMIM] |
Location | | Chromosome: 17 Locus: 17q12 |
Gene position | | 34891403 - 34895150 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | plus |
Gene size | | 3748 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 610275 |
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