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Posttranslational vs Glycosylphosphatidylinositol - What's the difference?

posttranslational | glycosylphosphatidylinositol |

As an adjective posttranslational

is of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA.

As a noun glycosylphosphatidylinositol is

a glycolipid, containing inositol as the sugar entity, that is involved in the posttranslational modification of protein.

posttranslational

English

Alternative forms

*post-translational

Adjective

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  • (genetics, biochemistry) Of or pertaining to the period after a protein has been translated from mRNA.

    • glycosylphosphatidylinositol

    English

    Noun

    (Glycophosphatidylinositol) (en noun)
  • (biochemistry) A glycolipid, containing inositol as the sugar entity, that is involved in the posttranslational modification of protein

    • Synonyms

    * glycophosphatidylinositol