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Several cases of prostate, thyroid and pancreatic cancers along with few colorectal, breast, endometrial and ovarian cancers showed moderate cytoplasmic positivity. Remaining cancers were weakly stained or negative.
GENE INFORMATION
Gene name
PIGK (HGNC Symbol)
Synonyms
GPI8, hGPI8
Description
Phosphatidylinositol glycan anchor biosynthesis, class K (HGNC Symbol)
Entrez gene summary
This gene encodes a member of the cysteine protease family C13 that is involved 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 protein is a member of the multisubunit enzyme, GPI transamidase and is thought to be its enzymatic component. GPI transamidase mediates GPI anchoring in the endoplasmic reticulum, by catalyzing the transfer of fully assembled GPI units to proteins. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]