Term Information

Accession
GO:0005777
Name
peroxisome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
peroxisomal, peroxisome vesicle
Alternate IDs
GO:0019818
Definition
A small organelle enclosed by a single membrane, and found in most eukaryotic cells. Contains peroxidases and other enzymes involved in a variety of metabolic processes including free radical detoxification, lipid catabolism and biosynthesis, and hydrogen peroxide metabolism. Source: GOC:pm, PMID:9302272, UniProtKB-KW:KW-0576
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005777 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_drosophila
goslim_chembl
goslim_plant
goslim_generic
goslim_candida
goslim_yeast
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Parents of peroxisome (GO:0005777)
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peroxisome [is_a relation] is_a  microbody (GO:0042579)
Children of peroxisome (GO:0005777)
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P5 peroxisome (GO:0019823) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
P6 peroxisome (GO:0019824) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
peroxisomal membrane (GO:0005778) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  peroxisome
mannosome (GO:0042580) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
P3 peroxisome (GO:0019821) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
glycosome (GO:0020015) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
P1 peroxisome (GO:0019819) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
P2 peroxisome (GO:0019820) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
maintenance of protein location in peroxisome (GO:0072664) [BFO:0000066 relation] BFO:0000066  peroxisome
glyoxysome (GO:0009514) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
P4 peroxisome (GO:0019822) [is_a relation] is_a  peroxisome
peroxisomal matrix (GO:0005782) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  peroxisome
NIF_Subcellular
sao499555322
Wikipedia
Peroxisome