Gene: PORCN

Basic information

Tag Content
Uniprot ID Q9H237; B2RBN8; B7ZAR3; Q14829; Q9H234; Q9H235; Q9H236; Q9UJU7;
Entrez ID 64840
Genbank protein ID AAA74510.1; BAG37285.1; AAG39628.1; AAG39629.1; AAH19080.1; EAW50780.1; AAG39630.1; AAG39631.1; BAH14749.1;
Genbank nucleotide ID NM_022825.3; NM_203474.1; XM_011543948.2; XM_006724546.3; XM_017029736.1; NM_001282167.1; NM_203473.2; NM_203475.2;
Ensembl protein ID ENSP00000354978; ENSP00000322304; ENSP00000352946; ENSP00000356546; ENSP00000348233; ENSP00000446401;
Ensembl nucleotide ID ENSG00000102312
Gene name Protein-serine O-palmitoleoyltransferase porcupine
Gene symbol PORCN
Organism Homo sapiens
NCBI taxa ID 9606
Cleft type
Developmental stage
Data sources Homology search
Reference
Functional description Protein-serine O-palmitoleoyltransferase that acts as a key regulator of the Wnt signaling pathway by mediating the attachment of palmitoleate, a 16-carbon monounsaturated fatty acid (C16:1), to Wnt proteins. Serine palmitoleylation of WNT proteins is required for efficient binding to frizzled receptors.
Sequence
MATFSRQEFF QQLLQGCLLP TAQQGLDQIW LLLAICLACR LLWRLGLPSY LKHASTVAGG 60
FFSLYHFFQL HMVWVVLLSL LCYLVLFLCR HSSHRGVFLS VTILIYLLMG EMHMVDTVTW 120
HKMRGAQMIV AMKAVSLGFD LDRGEVGTVP SPVEFMGYLY FVGTIVFGPW ISFHSYLQAV 180
QGRPLSCRWL QKVARSLALA LLCLVLSTCV GPYLFPYFIP LNGDRLLRNK KRKARGTMVR 240
WLRAYESAVS FHFSNYFVGF LSEATATLAG AGFTEEKDHL EWDLTVSKPL NVELPRSMVE 300
VVTSWNLPMS YWLNNYVFKN ALRLGTFSAV LVTYAASALL HGFSFHLAAV LLSLAFITYV 360
EHVLRKRLAR ILSACVLSKR CPPDCSHQHR LGLGVRALNL LFGALAIFHL AYLGSLFDVD 420
VDDTTEEQGY GMAYTVHKWS ELSWASHWVT FGCWIFYRLI G 461

Abbreviation :
CLO : cleft lip only. CPO : cleft palate only. CLP : cleft lip and palate. CL/P : cleft lip with/without cleft palate.
For humans: CL/P, CLO, CPO, and CLP. For mice: CLO, CLP, and CPO.

Gene expression in different tissues (ENCODE)