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  • Open Access
30 Citations
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41 Pages

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (APs) are anchored at the outer leaflet of plasma membranes (PMs) of all eukaryotic organisms studied so far by covalent linkage to a highly conserved glycolipid rather than a transmembrane domain....

  • Review
  • Open Access
12 Citations
4,480 Views
41 Pages

15 June 2023

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (APs) are anchored at the outer leaflet of the plasma membrane (PM) bilayer by covalent linkage to a typical glycolipid and expressed in all eukaryotic organisms so far studied. Lipolytic release f...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
3,628 Views
37 Pages

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (GPI-APs), which are anchored at the surface of mammalian cultured and tissue cells through a carboxy-terminal GPI glycolipid, are susceptible to release into incubation medium and (rat and human)...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,574 Views
39 Pages

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) are anchored at the surface of mammalian blood and tissue cells through a carboxy-terminal GPI glycolipid. Eventually, they are released into incubation medium in vitro and blood in vivo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
3,372 Views
39 Pages

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs), which are anchored at the outer leaflet of plasma membranes (PM) only by a carboxy-terminal GPI glycolipid, are known to fulfill multiple enzymic and receptor functions at the cell surface. Pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,711 Views
38 Pages

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) are anchored at the outer leaflet of eukaryotic plasma membranes (PMs) only by carboxy-terminal covalently coupled GPI. GPI-APs are known to be released from the surface of donor cells in respo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,219 Views
15 Pages

5 August 2021

F-box proteins are substrate recognition components of the Skp1-Cullin-F-box (SCF) complex, which performs many important biological functions including the degradation of numerous proteins via the ubiquitin–26S proteasome system. In this study, we i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
22 Citations
8,325 Views
14 Pages

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors from Galactomannan and GPI-Anchored Protein Are Synthesized by Distinct Pathways in Aspergillus fumigatus

  • Jizhou Li,
  • Isabelle Mouyna,
  • Christine Henry,
  • Frédérique Moyrand,
  • Christian Malosse,
  • Julia Chamot-Rooke,
  • Guilhem Janbon,
  • Jean-Paul Latgé and
  • Thierry Fontaine

2 February 2018

Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are lipid anchors allowing the exposure of proteins at the outer layer of the plasma membrane. In fungi, a number of GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) are involved in the remodeling of the cell wall polymers. GPIs f...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
6,840 Views
16 Pages

10 September 2020

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins (APs) on the plasma membrane are involved in several cellular processes, including sperm functions. Thus far, several GPI-APs have been identified in the testicular germ cells, and there is increas...

  • Review
  • Open Access
28 Citations
10,713 Views
16 Pages

Endoplasmic Reticulum Export of GPI-Anchored Proteins

  • Sergio Lopez,
  • Sofia Rodriguez-Gallardo,
  • Susana Sabido-Bozo and
  • Manuel Muñiz

Protein export from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is an essential process in all eukaryotes driven by the cytosolic coat complex COPII, which forms vesicles at ER exit sites for transport of correctly assembled secretory cargo to the Golgi apparatus...

  • Review
  • Open Access
629 Views
17 Pages

Free GPIs and Comparison of GPI Structures Among Species

  • Stella Amarachi Ihim and
  • Morihisa Fujita

29 November 2025

Glycosylphosphatidylinositols (GPIs) are complex glycolipids that function as membrane anchors for a wide array of eukaryotic proteins, collectively referred to as GPI-anchored proteins (GPI-APs). These structures are critical for various cellular pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,001 Views
9 Pages

Multiple Congenital Anomalies-Hypotonia-Seizures Syndrome 2 Caused by a Novel PIGA Variant Not Associated with a Skewed X-Inactivation Pattern

  • Alba Gabaldon-Albero,
  • Lourdes Cordon,
  • Amparo Sempere,
  • Laia Pedrola,
  • Carla Martin-Grau,
  • Silvestre Oltra,
  • Sandra Monfort,
  • Alfonso Caro-Llopis,
  • Marta Dominguez-Martinez and
  • Francisco Martinez
  • + 3 authors

18 June 2024

Germline variants in the phosphatidylinositol glycan class A (PIGA) gene, which is involved in glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) biosynthesis, cause multiple congenital anomalies-hypotonia-seizures syndrome 2 (MCAHS2) with X-linked recessive inherit...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,207 Views
16 Pages

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Mannosyltransferase Ⅰ Protects Chinese Giant Salamander, Andrias davidianus, against Iridovirus

  • Jingjing Zhang,
  • Yanlin Dai,
  • Yuding Fan,
  • Nan Jiang,
  • Yong Zhou,
  • Lingbing Zeng and
  • Yiqun Li

12 August 2022

Glycosylphosphatidylinositol mannosyltransferase I (GPI-MT-I) is an essential glycosyltransferase of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchor proteins (GPI-APs) that transfers the first of the four mannoses in GPI-AP precursors, which have multiple functi...

  • Case Report
  • Open Access
1,120 Views
16 Pages

A Novel Homozygous Missense Variant of PIGT Related to Multiple Congenital Anomalies-Hypotonia Seizures Syndrome 3 with Elevated of Serum ALP Level in a Thai Newborn Patient

  • Jeerawan Klangjorhor,
  • Natrujee Wiwattanadittakul,
  • Thanapak Jaimalai,
  • Patcharawadee Thongkumkoon,
  • Pitiporn Noisagul,
  • Ratchadaporn Khiaomai,
  • Nutnicha Sirikaew,
  • Nonthanan Moonsan,
  • Arnat Pasena and
  • Maliwan Tengsujaritkul
  • + 3 authors

Phosphatidylinositol glycan class T (PIGT) is part of the glycosylphosphatidylinositol transamidase (GPI-TA) complex, crucial for various cell functions. Biallelic pathogenic variants in PIGT are associated with Multiple Congenital Anomalies-Hypotoni...

  • Review
  • Open Access
11 Citations
8,205 Views
14 Pages

Paroxysmal Nocturnal Hemoglobinuria: Biology and Treatment

  • Carlos Bravo-Perez,
  • Luca Guarnera,
  • Nakisha D. Williams and
  • Valeria Visconte

6 September 2023

Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) is a nonmalignant clonal hematopoietic disorder characterized by the lack of glycosylphosphatidylinositol-anchored proteins (GPI-APs) as a consequence of somatic mutations in the phosphatidylinositol glycan a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,388 Views
17 Pages

GPI-Anchored Protein Homolog IcFBR1 Functions Directly in Morphological Development of Isaria cicadae

  • Dong Li,
  • Yunpeng Gai,
  • Junlong Meng,
  • Jingyu Liu,
  • Weiming Cai,
  • Fu-Cheng Lin and
  • Hongkai Wang

31 October 2022

Isaria cicadae is a famous edible and medicinal fungus in China and Asia. The molecular basis of morphogenesis and synnemal formation needs to be understood in more detail because this is the main source of biomass production in I. cicadae. In the pr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
3,295 Views
17 Pages

13 November 2022

(-)-Epigallocatechin-3-O-gallate (EGCG), a primary green tea polyphenol, has powerful iron scavengers, belongs to the family of flavonoids with antioxidant properties, and can be used to prevent cancer. Urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptors...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
2,367 Views
19 Pages

The New General Biological Property of Stem-like Tumor Cells (Part II: Surface Molecules, Which Belongs to Distinctive Groups with Particular Functions, Form a Unique Pattern Characteristic of a Certain Type of Tumor Stem-like Cells)

  • Daria D. Petrova,
  • Evgeniya V. Dolgova,
  • Anastasia S. Proskurina,
  • Genrikh S. Ritter,
  • Vera S. Ruzanova,
  • Yaroslav R. Efremov,
  • Ekaterina A. Potter,
  • Svetlana S. Kirikovich,
  • Evgeniy V. Levites and
  • Sergey S. Bogachev
  • + 4 authors

13 December 2022

An ability of poorly differentiated cells of different genesis, including tumor stem-like cells (TSCs), to internalize extracellular double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) fragments was revealed in our studies. Using the models of Krebs-2 murine ascites carcino...

  • Article
  • Open Access
68 Citations
7,126 Views
17 Pages

12 December 2019

Molecular changes elicited by common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) in response to Fusarium oxysproum f. sp. Phaseoli (FOP) remain elusive. We studied the changes in root metabolism during common bean–FOP interactions using a combined de novo tra...