Term Name: | attachment of GPI anchor to protein |
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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. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0016255] QuickGO AmiGO |