Term Information

Accession
GO:0006505
Name
GPI anchor metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
GPI anchor metabolism, glycosylphosphatidylinositol metabolic process, glycosylphosphatidylinositol metabolism, GPI/GSI anchor metabolic process, GPI/GSI anchor metabolism
Alternate IDs
GO:0046472
Definition
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. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006505 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of GPI anchor metabolic process (GO:0006505)
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GPI anchor metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  phosphatidylinositol metabolic process (GO:0046488)
GPI anchor metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycolipid metabolic process (GO:0006664)
Children of GPI anchor metabolic process (GO:0006505)
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GPI anchor release (GO:0006507) [is_a relation] is_a  GPI anchor metabolic process
GPI anchor biosynthetic process (GO:0006506) [is_a relation] is_a  GPI anchor metabolic process
mannosyl diphosphorylinositol ceramide metabolic process (GO:0006676) [is_a relation] is_a  GPI anchor metabolic process
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