tail-anchored membrane protein insertion into ER membrane
Term Information
Accession
GO:0071816
Name
tail-anchored membrane protein insertion into ER membrane
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
protein insertion of tail-anchored membrane proteins into ER membrane, tail-anchored membrane protein insertion into endoplasmic reticulum membrane, type II transmembrane protein insertion into ER membrane
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A process of protein insertion into the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane in which a tail-anchored (TA) transmembrane protein is incorporated into an endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. TA transmembrane protein, also named type II transmembrane proteins, contain a single C- terminal transmembrane region.
Source:
GOC:sp,
PMID:20516149,
GOC:mah,
PMID:20676083