GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006506 - GPI anchor biosynthetic process

Term summary

ID

GO:0006506

Name

GPI anchor biosynthetic process

Ontology or CV name

GO biological process

Definition

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 group 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 group, its amino group forming an amide linkage with the C-terminal carboxyl of the protein. Some GPI anchors have variants on this canonical linkage.

Parents

• is_a GPI anchor metabolic process
• is_a phosphatidylinositol biosynthetic process
• is_a glycolipid biosynthetic process
• part_of GPI anchored protein biosynthesis

Annotation