Term Information

Accession
GO:0034235
Name
GPI anchor binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
glycosylphosphatidylinositol binding
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Binding to a glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchor. GPI anchors serve to attach membrane proteins to the lipid bilayer of cell membranes. Source: GOC:vw
Comment
Note that this term should be used to annotate gene products that interact non-covalently with GPI anchors, and not proteins that have GPI anchors covalently attached.
History
See term history for GO:0034235 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of GPI anchor binding (GO:0034235)
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GPI anchor binding [is_a relation] is_a  phosphatidylinositol binding (GO:0035091)
GPI anchor binding [is_a relation] is_a  glycolipid binding (GO:0051861)
Children of GPI anchor binding (GO:0034235)
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lipoarabinomannan binding (GO:0001876) [is_a relation] is_a  GPI anchor binding
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