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phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis class A

The PIGA gene provides instructions for making a protein called phosphatidylinositol glycan class A (shortened to PIG-A). The PIG-A protein takes part in a series of steps that produce a molecule called glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor. Specifically, the PIG-A protein is one piece of a group of proteins (a complex) that performs the first step of the series, which produces an intermediate molecule called N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol, or GlcNAc-PI.

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The PIGA gene provides instructions for making a protein called phosphatidylinositol glycan class A (shortened to PIG-A). The PIG-A protein takes part in a series of steps that produce a molecule called glycophosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor. Specifically, the PIG-A protein is one piece of a group of proteins (a complex) that performs the first step of the series, which produces an intermediate molecule called N-acetylglucosaminyl phosphatidylinositol, or GlcNAc-PI.

The GPI anchor, the ultimate product of the series of steps, attaches many different proteins to the cell membrane. These proteins are known as GPI-anchored proteins. Anchored proteins have a variety of roles, including sticking cells to one another, relaying signals into cells, and protecting cells from destruction. 

Conditions referring to this gene or chromosome

Other names

GLCNAC-PI synthesis protein

GPI anchor biosynthesis

GPI3

phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class A

phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class A (paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria)

phosphatidylinositol glycan, class A (paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria)

phosphatidylinositol N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase subunit A

phosphatidylinositol-glycan biosynthesis, class A protein

PIG-A

PIGA_HUMAN

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