PIGF

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Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class F
Identifiers
SymbolsPIGF; MGC32646; MGC33136
External IDsOMIM: 600153 MGI: 99462 HomoloGene: 31103 GeneCards: PIGF Gene
EC number2.7.8.1
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez528118701
EnsemblENSG00000151665ENSMUSG00000024145
UniProtQ07326O09101
RefSeq (mRNA)NM_002643NM_008838
RefSeq (protein)NP_002634NP_032864
Location (UCSC)Chr 2:
46.81 – 46.84 Mb
Chr 17:
87 – 87.03 Mb
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Phosphatidylinositol-glycan biosynthesis class F protein is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIGF gene.[1][2][3]

This gene encodes a protein that is involved in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor biosynthesis. The GPI-anchor is a glycolipid which contains three mannose molecules in its core backbone. The GPI-anchor is found on many blood cells and serves to anchor proteins to the cell surface. This protein and another GPI synthesis protein, PIGO, function in the transfer of ethanolaminephosphate (EtNP) to the third mannose in GPI. At least two alternatively spliced transcripts encoding distinct isoforms have been found for this gene.[3]

References

  1. Ohishi K, Inoue N, Endo Y, Fujita T, Takeda J, Kinoshita T (Mar 1996). "Structure and chromosomal localization of the GPI-anchor synthesis gene PIGF and its pseudogene psi PIGF". Genomics 29 (3): 804–7. doi:10.1006/geno.1995.9929. PMID 8575782. 
  2. Inoue N, Kinoshita T, Orii T, Takeda J (May 1993). "Cloning of a human gene, PIG-F, a component of glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor biosynthesis, by a novel expression cloning strategy". J Biol Chem 268 (10): 6882–5. PMID 8463218. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 "Entrez Gene: PIGF phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class F". 

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