piki-1 [Browse genome (BioProject PRJNA13758)] [Search on AGR]
Caenorhabditis elegans Predicted to enable 1-phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase activity and 1-phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 3-kinase activity. Involved in several processes, including phagosome maturation involved in apoptotic cell clearance; phosphatidylinositol-3-phosphate biosynthetic process; and positive regulation of phagocytosis, engulfment. Located in early phagosome and pseudopodium. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Is an ortholog of human PIK3C2A (phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 2 alpha) and PIK3C2B (phosphatidylinositol-4-phosphate 3-kinase catalytic subunit type 2 beta).