GPI anchor metabolic process
id: GO:0006505
name: GPI anchor metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: 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.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006506 | GPI anchor biosynthetic process |
| GO:0006507 | GPI anchor release |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0046488 | phosphatidylinositol metabolic process |
