GO biological process ontology term - GO:0016255 - attachment of GPI anchor to protein
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0016255
- Name
- attachment of GPI anchor to protein
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- A transamidation reaction that results in the cleavage of the polypeptide chain and the concomitant transfer of the GPI anchor to the newly formed carboxy-terminal amino acid of the anchored protein. The cleaved C-terminal contains the C-terminal GPI signal sequence of the newly synthesized polypeptide chain.
