GPI-anchored proteins are synthesized

a. on free ribosomes and attached to the GPI group on the outside of the ER.
b. as transmembrane proteins, cleaved, and attached to the GPI group on the inside
surface of the ER.
c. as transmembrane proteins, cleaved, and attached to the GPI group on the cytosolic surface of the ER.
d. into the lumen of the ER and attached to the GPI group on the inside surface of the ER.


Ans: c. as transmembrane proteins, cleaved, and attached to the GPI group on the cytosolic surface of the ER.

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