Category:GO:0006506 ! GPI anchor biosynthetic process

name: GPI anchor biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
alt_id: GO:0015998
def: "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." [GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198547684]
synonym: "glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "glycosylphosphatidylinositol biosynthetic process" EXACT []
synonym: "GPI anchor anabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "GPI anchor biosynthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "GPI anchor formation" EXACT []
synonym: "GPI anchor synthesis" EXACT []
synonym: "GPI/GSI anchor biosynthesis" BROAD []
synonym: "GPI/GSI anchor biosynthetic process" BROAD []
is_a: GO:0006505 ! GPI anchor metabolic process
is_a: GO:0006661 ! phosphatidylinositol biosynthetic process
is_a: GO:0009247 ! glycolipid biosynthetic process
relationship: part_of: GO:0180046 ! GPI anchored protein biosynthesis

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006506</GOterm>
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