intrinsic to membrane

Term Information

Accession
GO:0031224
Ontology
cellular component
Synonyms
None
Definition
Located in a membrane such that some covalently attached portion of the gene product, for example part of a peptide sequence or some other covalently attached moiety such as a GPI anchor, spans or is embedded in one or both leaflets of the membrane. [source: GOC:mah]
Comment
Note that proteins intrinsic to membranes cannot be removed without disrupting the membrane, e.g. by detergent.
Subset
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