Term Information

Accession
GO:0005770
Name
late endosome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
prevacuolar compartment, PVC
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A prelysosomal endocytic organelle differentiated from early endosomes by lower lumenal pH and different protein composition. Late endosomes are more spherical than early endosomes and are mostly juxtanuclear, being concentrated near the microtubule organizing center. Source: PMID:11964142, PMID:2557062, NIF_Subcellular:nlx_subcell_20090702
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005770 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of late endosome (GO:0005770)
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late endosome [is_a relation] is_a  endosome (GO:0005768)
Children of late endosome (GO:0005770)
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late endosome lumen (GO:0031906) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  late endosome
late endosome membrane (GO:0031902) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  late endosome
multivesicular body (GO:0005771) [is_a relation] is_a  late endosome
Mon1-Ccz1 complex (GO:0035658) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  late endosome
NIF_Subcellular
nlx_subcell_20090702