Phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit Q is an
enzyme
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that in humans is encoded by the ''PIGQ''
gene
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.
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).
Interactions
PIGQ has been shown to
interact
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with
PIGH
Phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit H is an enzyme that in humans is encoded by the ''PIGH'' gene. The PIGH gene is located on the reverse strand of chromosome 14 in humans, and is neighbored by TMEM229B.
This gene encode ...
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[ and PIGC.][
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