PIGW

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An Error has occurred retrieving Wikidata item for infobox Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class W is a protein that in humans is encoded by the PIGW gene. [1]

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

  1. "Entrez Gene: Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class W". Retrieved 2016-10-29.

Further reading

This article incorporates text from the United States National Library of Medicine, which is in the public domain.