attachment of GPI anchor to protein

Term ID

GO:0016255

Synonyms

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. 0879695595

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO