PIGW
Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class W is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIGW gene. [5]
Function
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]).
References
- ENSG00000277161 GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000275600, ENSG00000277161 - Ensembl, May 2017
- GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000045140 - Ensembl, May 2017
- "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- "Entrez Gene: Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class W". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
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