{"symbol":"PIGQ","synonyms":["GPI1","C407A10.1"],"name":"phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class Q","description":"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]","ncbiEntrezGeneId":9091,"ncbiEntrezGeneUrl":"http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/gene/9091","proteins":[{"symbol":"PIGQ_HUMAN","href":"/api/1.0/protein/PIGQ_HUMAN"}],"hgncRootFamilies":[{"name":"Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis (PIG)","href":"/api/1.0/gene_family/Phosphatidylinositol+glycan+anchor+biosynthesis+%28PIG%29"}]}