Phosphatidylinositol-glycan biosynthesis class X protein
Protein Synonyms/Alias
PIG-X
Gene Name
PIGX
Gene Synonyms/Alias
Created Date
July 27, 2013
Organism
Homo sapiens (Human)
NCBI Taxa ID
9606
Lysine Modification
Position
Peptide
Type
References
82
HTCRLLIKQDIPAGL
ubiquitination
[1]
Reference
[1] Systematic and quantitative assessment of the ubiquitin-modified proteome. Kim W, Bennett EJ, Huttlin EL, Guo A, Li J, Possemato A, Sowa ME, Rad R, Rush J, Comb MJ, Harper JW, Gygi SP. Mol Cell. 2011 Oct 21;44(2):325-40. [PMID: 21906983]
Functional Description
Essential component of glycosylphosphatidylinositol- mannosyltransferase 1 which transfers the first of the 4 mannoses in the GPI-anchor precursors during GPI-anchor biosynthesis. Probably acts by stabilizing the mannosyltransferase PIGM (By similarity).
GO:0005789; C:endoplasmic reticulum membrane; TAS:Reactome. GO:0016021; C:integral to membrane; IEA:UniProtKB-KW. GO:0006501; P:C-terminal protein lipidation; TAS:Reactome. GO:0016254; P:preassembly of GPI anchor in ER membrane; TAS:Reactome.