Compounds containing carbohydrate or glycosyl groups linked to phosphatidylinositols. They anchor GPI-LINKED PROTEINS or polysaccharides to cell membranes.
Also Known As:
Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Gly-PtdIns; Glycoinositol Phospholipid Membrane Anchor; Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchors; Glycosylated Phosphatidylinositols; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Linkage; PI-Glycan; Anchor, GPI Membrane; Anchor, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Anchors, GPI Membrane; Anchors, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Glycan, Phosphatidylinositol; Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol; Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchor; Glycosyl Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchors; Linkage, Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Membrane Anchor, GPI; Membrane Anchors, GPI; PI Glycan; Phosphatidylinositol, Glycosylated; Phosphatidylinositols, Glycosylated; GPI Membrane Anchor; GPI Membrane Anchors; Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchor; Glycosylated Phosphatidylinositol; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors; Phosphatidylinositol Glycan