GO TERM SUMMARY
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Name: |
GPI anchor biosynthetic process |
Acc: |
GO:0006506 |
Aspect: |
Biological Process |
Desc: |
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchor that attaches some membrane proteins to the lipid bilayer of the cell membrane. The phosphatidylinositol moiety is linked via the C-6 hydroxyl residue of inositol to a carbohydrate chain which is itself linked to the protein via an ethanolamine phosphate moiety, its amino group forming an amide linkage with the C-terminal carboxyl of the protein. Some GPI anchors have variants on this canonical linkage. |
Synonyms:
- glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis
- glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthetic process
- GPI anchor anabolism
- GPI anchor synthesis
- GPI/GSI anchor biosynthesis
- GPI/GSI anchor biosynthetic process
- GO:0015998
- GPI anchor biosynthesis
- GPI anchor formation
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