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Varki A, Cummings RD, Esko JD, et al., editors. Essentials of Glycobiology [Internet]. 3rd edition. Cold Spring Harbor (NY): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 2015-2017.

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Online Appendix 12AExamples of GPI-Anchored Proteins

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Table 1

GPI-anchored protein
Protozoa
Trypanosoma brucei variant surface glycoprotein (VSG)protective coat
Leishmania major promastigote surface protease (PSP)bound complement degradation
Trypanosoma cruzi GPI-anchored mucinshost cell invasion
Plasmodium falciparum merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1)erythrocyte invasion
Toxoplasma gondii surface antigen 1 (SAG-1)host cell invasion
Entamoeba histolytica GPI proteophosphoglycansvirulence factor
Yeast, fungi, slime mold
Saccharomyces cerevisiae α-agglutininadhesion molecule
Saccharomyces cerevisiae GAS1pcell-wall biogenesis
Aspergillus fumigatus GEL1pcell-wall biogenesis
Candida albicans HWP1adhesion molecule
Dictyostelium discoideum prespore antigen (PsA)adhesion molecule
Dictyostelium discoideum contact site A (CsA)adhesion molecule
Plants
Pyrus arabinogalactan proteins (AGPs)cell-wall biogenesis
Arabidopsis thaliana metallo and aspartyl proteasespollen tube development
Arabidopsis thaliana β1-3 glucanasecell-wall biogenesis
Animals (nonmammalian)
Schistosoma mansoni gp200praziquantel drug target
Caenorhabditis elegans odorant response abnormal 2 (ODR-2)olfaction
Torpedo marmorata acetylcholinesterase (AchE)hydrolase
Mammals
Erythrocyte CD59 and decay acceleration factor (DAF)complement regulation
Alkaline phosphatasecell-surface hydrolase
5′-Nucleotidasecell-surface hydrolase
Renal dipeptidasecell-surface hydrolase
Trehalasecell-surface hydrolase
Neural cell adhesion molecule 120 (NCAM-120)aadhesion molecule
Neural cell adhesion molecule TAG-1adhesion molecule
CD58aadhesion molecule
FcγIII receptoraFc receptor
Ciliary neurotrophic factor receptor (CNTFR) α subunitneural receptor
Glial-cell-derived neurotrophic factor receptor (GDNFR) α subunitneural receptor
CD14lipopolysaccharide receptor
Prion protein (PrP)unknown
Glypican family of GPI-anchored proteoglycansextracellular matrix component
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Examples for which differential mRNA splicing can result in transmembrane and GPI-anchored forms of the same protein.

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