Protein Phosphatase 6 Ankyrin Repeat Subunit B (PP6ARSB)

ANKRD44 contains 28 ANK repeats. Putative regulatory subunit of protein phospatase 6 (PP6) that may be involved in the recognition of phosphoprotein substrates.

ANKRD44 is expressed at high level, 1.7 times the average gene in this release.ANKRD44 contains 35 different gt-ag introns. Transcription produces 16 different mRNAs, 11 alternatively spliced variants and 5 unspliced forms. There are 5 probable alternative promotors, 8 non overlapping alternative last exons and 6 validated alternative polyadenylation sites. The mRNAs appear to differ by truncation of the 5' end, truncation of the 3' end, overlapping exons with different boundaries, alternative splicing or retention of 4 introns. 945 bp of this gene are antisense to spliced gene soherora, raising the possibility of regulated alternate expression.