Category:GO:0006505 ! GPI anchor metabolic process

name: GPI anchor metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
alt_id:GO:0046472
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors, molecular mechanisms for attaching membrane proteins to the lipid bilayer of cell membranes. Structurally they consist of a molecule of phosphatidylinositol to which is linked, via the C-6 hydroxyl of the inositol, a carbohydrate chain. This chain is in turn linked to the protein through an ethanolamine phosphate group, the amino group of which is in amide linkage with the C-terminal carboxyl of the protein chain, the phosphate group being esterified to the C-6 hydroxyl of the terminal mannose of the core carbohydrate chain." [ISBN:0198506732]
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "glycosylphosphatidylinositol metabolic process" EXACT []
synonym: "glycosylphosphatidylinositol metabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "GPI anchor metabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "GPI/GSI anchor metabolic process" BROAD []
synonym: "GPI/GSI anchor metabolism" BROAD []
is_a: GO:0046488 ! phosphatidylinositol metabolic process

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 2 child terms, out of 2 total.

• [+] GO:0006506 ! GPI anchor biosynthetic process (9)
• [  ] GO:0006507 ! GPI anchor release

Pages in category "GO:0006505 ! GPI anchor metabolic process"

The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.