PIGS (gene)

PIGS
Identifiers
AliasesPIGS, phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class S
External IDsMGI: 2687325 HomoloGene: 41963 GeneCards: PIGS
Gene location (Human)
Chr.Chromosome 17 (human)[1]
BandNo data availableStart28,553,383 bp[1]
End28,571,872 bp[1]
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez

94005

276846

Ensembl

ENSG00000087111

ENSMUSG00000041958

UniProt

Q96S52

Q6PD26

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_033198

NM_201406

RefSeq (protein)

NP_149975

NP_958808

Location (UCSC)Chr 17: 28.55 – 28.57 MbChr 17: 78.33 – 78.34 Mb
PubMed search[3][4]
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GPI transamidase component PIG-S is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PIGS gene.[5] This gene encodes a protein that is involved in GPI-anchor biosynthesis. The glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor is a glycolipid found on many blood cells and serves to anchor proteins to the cell surface. This gene encodes an essential component of the multisubunit enzyme, GPI transamidase. GPI transamidase mediates GPI anchoring in the endoplasmic reticulum, by catalyzing the transfer of fully assembled GPI units to proteins.[5]

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