PORCN

Entrez Summary: This gene belongs to the evolutionarily conserved porcupine (Porc) gene family. Genes of the porcupine family encode endoplasmic reticulum proteins with multiple transmembrane domains. Porcupine proteins are involved in the processing of Wnt (wingless and int homologue) proteins. Disruption of this gene is associated with focal dermal hypoplasia, and the encoded protein has been implicated in cancer. Multiple alternatively spliced transcript variants encoding distinct isoforms have been observed. [provided by RefSeq, Aug 2013].
UniProt Summary: 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. {ECO:0000250|UniProtKB:Q9JJJ7, ECO:0000269|PubMed:12034504, ECO:0000269|PubMed:20826466, ECO:0000269|PubMed:24292069}.

Pfam Domains GO Terms

Compound Hit Most Correlated Genes in Chemogenomics Tissues where Essential in the Avana Dataset (DepMap 20Q1)

Global Fraction of Cell Lines Where Essential: 0/694

Tissue	Fraction Of Cell Lines Where Essential
1290807.0	0/1
909776.0	0/1
bile duct	0/28
blood	0/26
bone	0/26
breast	0/30
central nervous system	0/49
cervix	0/4
colorectal	0/17
esophagus	0/11
fibroblast	0/1
gastric	0/14
kidney	0/18
liver	0/19
lung	0/72
lymphocyte	0/16
ovary	0/25
pancreas	0/22
peripheral nervous system	0/15
plasma cell	0/12
prostate	0/1
skin	0/20
soft tissue	0/9
thyroid	0/2
upper aerodigestive	0/22
urinary tract	0/28
uterus	0/5

Expression Distribution