Term Information

Accession
GO:0020008
Name
rhoptry
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
paired organelles, toxoneme
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A large, club-shaped secretory organelle that forms part of the apical complex of an apicomplexan parasite, and consists of a bulbous body and a narrow electron-dense neck that extends through the conoid at the apical tip of the parasite. The rhoptry necks serve as ducts through which the contents of the rhoptries are secreted after attachment to the host has been completed and at the commencement of invasion. Rhoptry proteins function in the biogenesis and host organellar association of the parasitophorous vacuole. Source: ISBN:0521664470, PMID:11801218, PMID:16002398
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0020008 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of rhoptry (GO:0020008)
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rhoptry [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical complex (GO:0020007)
rhoptry [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
Children of rhoptry (GO:0020008)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
rhoptry lumen (GO:0034591) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  rhoptry
rhoptry neck (GO:1990225) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  rhoptry
rhoptry membrane (GO:0033016) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  rhoptry
Wikipedia
Rhoptry