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glycosyl phosphatidylinositol

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glycosyl phosphatidylinositol [glī¦kōs·əl fäs‚fäd·ə‚dil·i′nos·ə‚tȯl]
(biochemistry)
Any of a class of glycolipids that serve as membrane anchors for a multitude of proteins in organisms ranging from yeast to protozoa to humans.


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CD24, a signal transducer modulating B cell activation responses, is a very short peptide with a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol membrane anchor.
These ligands, like the receptors, are anchored on the plasma membrane via a glycosyl phosphatidylinositol linkage (ephrin-A) or a transmembrane domain (ephrin-B).
 
 
 
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