GPAA1

(redirected from GPI anchor attachment protein 1)

GPAA1

A gene on chromosome 8q24.3 that encodes a protein essential for glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchoring—but not synthesis—of precursor proteins. It is ubiquitously expressed in both foetal and adult tissues, but at higher levels in the former.
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