Protein kodiran ovim genom je član natporodice imunoglobulina. To je protein neuronske membrane usidren glikozilfosfatidilinozitolom (GPI) koji funkcionira kao molekula ćelijske adhezije. Može imati ulogu u formiranju aksonskih veza u nervnom sistemu u razvoju. Opisano je nekoliko alternativno prerađenih varijanti transkripta ovog gena, ali priroda nekih od ovih varijanti u punoj dužini nije utvrđena.[7]
Genomika
Gen se nalazi na kratkom kraku hromosoma 3, pozicija 3p26.3. To je jedna kopija gena unutar Watson (plus) lanca, dužine 957.399 baza i kodira protein od 1.026 aminokiselina (molekulska težina 113.454 kDa)
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