PIGA

For the French/Italian wine grape, see Piga (grape).
PIGA
Identifiers
Aliases PIGA, GPI3, MCAHS2, PIG-A, PNH1, phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class A
External IDs MGI: 99461 HomoloGene: 1982 GeneCards: PIGA
RNA expression pattern
More reference expression data
Orthologs
Species Human Mouse
Entrez

5277

18700

Ensembl

ENSG00000165195

ENSMUSG00000031381

UniProt

P37287

Q64323

RefSeq (mRNA)

NM_002641
NM_020472
NM_020473

NM_011081

RefSeq (protein)

NP_002632.1
NP_065206.3

NP_035211.2

Location (UCSC) Chr X: 15.32 – 15.34 Mb Chr X: 164.42 – 164.43 Mb
PubMed search [1] [2]
Wikidata
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Phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit A is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the PIGA gene.[3][4]

This gene encodes a protein required for synthesis of N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol (GlcNAc-PI), the first intermediate in the biosynthetic pathway of GPI anchor. The GPI anchor is a glycolipid found on many blood cells and serves to anchor proteins to the cell surface. Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, an acquired hematologic disorder, has been shown to result from mutations in this gene. Alternate splice variants have been characterized.[4]

Interactions

PIGA has been shown for interact with PIGQ.[5]

References

  1. "Human PubMed Reference:".
  2. "Mouse PubMed Reference:".
  3. Takeda J, Miyata T, Kawagoe K, Iida Y, Endo Y, Fujita T, Takahashi M, Kitani T, Kinoshita T (Jun 1993). "Deficiency of the GPI anchor caused by a somatic mutation of the PIG-A gene in paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria". Cell. 73 (4): 703–11. doi:10.1016/0092-8674(93)90250-T. PMID 8500164.
  4. 1 2 "Entrez Gene: PIGA phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class A (paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria)".
  5. Watanabe, R; Inoue N; Westfall B; Taron C H; Orlean P; Takeda J; Kinoshita T (Feb 1998). "The first step of glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis is mediated by a complex of PIG-A, PIG-H, PIG-C and GPI1". EMBO J. ENGLAND. 17 (4): 877–85. doi:10.1093/emboj/17.4.877. ISSN 0261-4189. PMC 1170437Freely accessible. PMID 9463366.

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