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SUBMITTER: Kinoshita T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4055706 | biostudies-literature | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Proceedings of the Japan Academy. Series B, Physical and biological sciences 20140101 4
At least 150 different human proteins are anchored to the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane via glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI). GPI preassembled in the endoplasmic reticulum is attached to the protein's carboxyl-terminus as a post-translational modification by GPI transamidase. Twenty-two PIG (for Phosphatidyl Inositol Glycan) genes are involved in the biosynthesis and protein-attachment of GPI. After attachment to proteins, both lipid and glycan moieties of GPI are structurally remodeled ...[more]