GPI-anchor transamidase is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PIGK gene.[5][6]

PIGK
Identifiers
AliasesPIGK, GPI8, phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class K, NEDHCAS
External IDsOMIM: 605087 MGI: 1913863 HomoloGene: 4002 GeneCards: PIGK
Orthologs
SpeciesHumanMouse
Entrez
Ensembl
UniProt
RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_005482

NM_025662
NM_178016

RefSeq (protein)

NP_005473

NP_079938
NP_821135

Location (UCSC)Chr 1: 77.09 – 77.22 MbChr 3: 152.71 – 152.98 Mb
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This gene encodes a member of the cysteine protease family C13 that is involved in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchor biosynthesis. The GPI-anchor is a glycolipid found on many blood cells and serves to anchor proteins to the cell surface. This protein is a member of the multisubunit enzyme GPI transamidase and is thought to be its enzymatic component. GPI transamidase mediates GPI anchoring in the endoplasmic reticulum, by catalyzing the transfer of fully assembled GPI units to proteins.[6]

Interactions edit

PIGK has been shown to interact with PIGT[7] and GPAA1.[8][9]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c GRCh38: Ensembl release 89: ENSG00000142892 - Ensembl, May 2017
  2. ^ a b c GRCm38: Ensembl release 89: ENSMUSG00000039047 - Ensembl, May 2017
  3. ^ "Human PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  4. ^ "Mouse PubMed Reference:". National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine.
  5. ^ Yu J, Nagarajan S, Knez JJ, Udenfriend S, Chen R, Medof ME (December 1997). "The affected gene underlying the class K glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) surface protein defect codes for the GPI transamidase". Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 94 (23): 12580–5. Bibcode:1997PNAS...9412580Y. doi:10.1073/pnas.94.23.12580. PMC 25045. PMID 9356492.
  6. ^ a b "Entrez Gene: PIGK phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class K".
  7. ^ Ohishi, Kazuhito; Nagamune Kisaburo; Maeda Yusuke; Kinoshita Taroh (April 2003). "Two subunits of glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase, GPI8 and PIG-T, form a functionally important intermolecular disulfide bridge". J. Biol. Chem. 278 (16). United States: 13959–67. doi:10.1074/jbc.M300586200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12582175.
  8. ^ Ohishi, K; Inoue N; Maeda Y; Takeda J; Riezman H; Kinoshita T (May 2000). "Gaa1p and gpi8p are components of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) transamidase that mediates attachment of GPI to proteins". Mol. Biol. Cell. 11 (5). UNITED STATES: 1523–33. doi:10.1091/mbc.11.5.1523. ISSN 1059-1524. PMC 14864. PMID 10793132.
  9. ^ Vainauskas, Saulius; Maeda Yusuke; Kurniawan Henry; Kinoshita Taroh; Menon Anant K (August 2002). "Structural requirements for the recruitment of Gaa1 into a functional glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase complex". J. Biol. Chem. 277 (34). United States: 30535–42. doi:10.1074/jbc.M205402200. ISSN 0021-9258. PMID 12052837.

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