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bacterial microcompartment

Term Information

Accession
GO:0031469
Name
bacterial microcompartment
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
polyhedral organelle, BAC, BMC, MCP
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An organelle found in bacteria consisting of a proteinaceous coat containing metabolic enzymes whose purpose is the sequestration or concentration of metabolites and which has the appearance of a polygonal granule by electron microscopy. Source: PMID:10498708, PMID:34058518, PMID:11844753, PMID:12923081, PMID:34340100, GOC:js
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0031469 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_pir
Feedback
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Parents of bacterial microcompartment (GO:0031469)
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bacterial microcompartment [is_a relation] is_a  intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043232)
Children of bacterial microcompartment (GO:0031469)
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carboxysome (GO:0031470) [is_a relation] is_a  bacterial microcompartment
propanediol degradation polyhedral organelle (GO:0031472) [is_a relation] is_a  bacterial microcompartment
ethanolamine degradation polyhedral organelle (GO:0031471) [is_a relation] is_a  bacterial microcompartment
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