Entrez gene ID | | 5279 |
Official gene symbol | | PIGC |
Full name | | phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class C |
Aliases | | ,GPI2,MGC2049, |
Gene summary | | This gene encodes an endoplasmic reticulum associated protein that is involved in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) lipid anchor biosynthesis. The GPI lipid anchor is a glycolipid found on many blood cells and serves to anchor proteins to the cell surface. The encoded protein is one subunit of the GPI N-acetylglucosaminyl (GlcNAc) transferase that transfers GlcNAc to phosphatidylinositol (PI) on the cytoplasmic side of the endoplasmic reticulum. Two alternatively spliced transcripts that encode the same protein have been found for this gene. A pseudogene on chromosome 11 has also been characterized. [provided by RefSeq] |
Location | | Chromosome: 1 Locus: 1q23-q25 |
Gene position | | 172413230 - 172410597 Map Viewer |
Gene orientation | | minus |
Gene size | | 2634 bp |
Gene sequence |
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OMIM ID | | 601730 |