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PGAP4
post-GPI attachment to proteins GalNAc transferase 4
Chromosome 9 Β· 9q31.1
NCBI Gene: 84302Ensembl: ENSG00000165152.10HGNC: HGNC:28180UniProt: Q9BRR3
22PubMed Papers
20Diseases
0Drugs
0Pathogenic Variants
DATA QUALITY
βœ“ Experimental GO Evidenceβœ“ Swiss-Prot Reviewed
glycosyltransferase activityGPI anchor biosynthetic processGolgi membranethyroiditisGenu valgumGenu varumHypocalcemic vitamin D-dependent rickets
✦AI Summary

Based on limited published evidence, PGAP4 is a Golgi-resident glycosyltransferase that catalyzes N-acetylgalactosamine (GalNAc) transfer to glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins 1. The enzyme transfers GalNAc from UDP-GalNAc to the 4-OH position of the first mannose residue in the GPI anchor, occurring after fatty acid remodeling during GPI maturation 1. Structurally, PGAP4 uniquely contains three transmembrane domains with a tandem transmembrane insertion in its glycosyltransferase-A fold, distinguishing it from typical Golgi glycosyltransferases 1.

Sources cited
1
Identified PGAP4 as a Golgi GPI-N-acetylgalactosamine transferase, demonstrated its catalytic function via mass spectrometry, and characterized its unique three-transmembrane domain structure with glycosyltransferase-A fold
PMID: 29374258
⚠Limited data available β€” This gene has 1 indexed publication. Summary and analysis may be incomplete.
Disease Associationsβ“˜20
thyroiditisOpen Targets
0.32Weak
Genu valgumOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
Genu varumOpen Targets
0.06Suggestive
Hypocalcemic vitamin D-dependent ricketsOpen Targets
0.05Suggestive
X-linked hypophosphatemiaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Metaphyseal chondrodysplasia, Schmid typeOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Schmid metaphyseal chondrodysplasiaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, Kozlowski typeOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Dyggve-Melchior-Clausen diseaseOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
metatropic dysplasiaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
Hypocalcemic vitamin D-resistant ricketsOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
pseudoachondroplasiaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
acrocapitofemoral dysplasiaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
X-linked dominant hypophosphatemic ricketsOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
X-linked spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasiaOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
spondylometaphyseal dysplasia, A4 typeOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Irapa typeOpen Targets
0.04Suggestive
spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, Missouri typeOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
fibular hemimeliaOpen Targets
0.03Suggestive
osteogenesis imperfecta type 9Open Targets
0.03Suggestive
Pathogenic Variants
No pathogenic variants reported on ClinVar for this gene.
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Related Genes
PIGAShared pathway100%PIGCShared pathway100%PIGFShared pathway100%PIGHShared pathway100%PIGLShared pathway100%PIGBShared pathway100%
Tissue Expression6 tissues
Heart
100%
Brain
54%
Ovary
31%
Lung
7%
Bone Marrow
6%
Liver
5%
Gene Interaction Network
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PROTEIN STRUCTURE
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AlphaFoldAI-predicted Β· UniProt Q9BRR3
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Constraintβ“˜
LOEUFβ“˜
0.65LoF Tolerant
pLIβ“˜
0.38Tolerant
Observed/Expected LoF0.40 [0.26–0.65]
RankingsWhere PGAP4 stands among ~20K protein-coding genes
  • #13,714of 20,598
    Most Researched22
  • #4,718of 17,882
    Most Constrained (LOEUF)0.65
Genes detectedPGAP4
Sources retrieved2 papers
Response timeβ€”
πŸ“„ Sources
2
1
Identification of a Golgi GPI-N-acetylgalactosamine transferase with tandem transmembrane regions in the catalytic domain.
PMID: 29374258
Nat Commun Β· 2018
1.00
2
RefSeq: an update on prokaryotic genome annotation and curation.
PMID: 29112715
Nucleic Acids Res Β· 2018
0.50