Full name: phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class Q

Gene type: protein coding

RefSeq status: REVIEWED

Also known as: DEE77; EIEE77; GPI1; GPIBD19; MCAHS4; c407A10.1

Summary: This gene is involved in the first step 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 gene encodes a N-acetylglucosaminyl transferase component that is part of the complex that catalyzes transfer of N-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) from UDP-GlcNAc to phosphatidylinositol (PI). Alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding different isoforms have been found for this gene. [provided by RefSeq, Jun 2012]

Expression: Ubiquitous expression in bone marrow (RPKM 21.8), kidney (RPKM 15.6) and 25 other tissues

Gene size: 14142bp

Exon count: 11