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