Term Information

Accession
GO:0045730
Name
respiratory burst
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
metabolic burst, oxidative burst
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A phase of elevated metabolic activity, during which oxygen consumption increases; this leads to the production, by an NADH dependent system, of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0045730 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of respiratory burst (GO:0045730)
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respiratory burst [is_a relation] is_a  metabolic process (GO:0008152)
Children of respiratory burst (GO:0045730)
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regulation of respiratory burst (GO:0060263) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  respiratory burst
positive regulation of respiratory burst (GO:0060267) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  respiratory burst
respiratory burst at fertilization (GO:0045729) [is_a relation] is_a  respiratory burst
respiratory burst involved in defense response (GO:0002679) [is_a relation] is_a  respiratory burst
negative regulation of respiratory burst (GO:0060268) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  respiratory burst
Wikipedia
Respiratory_burst