Term Information

Accession
GO:0031470
Name
carboxysome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An organelle consisting of a proteinaceous coat and enzymes for the fixation of CO2. It augments the concentration of CO2 in the vicinity of RuBisCO to increase the efficiency of CO2 fixation under atmospheric conditions. Source: PMID:28934381, PMID:8157606, PMID:8491708, GOC:js
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0031470 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of carboxysome (GO:0031470)
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carboxysome [is_a relation] is_a  bacterial microcompartment (GO:0031469)
Children of carboxysome (GO:0031470)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
structural constituent of carboxysome shell (GO:0043886) [BFO:0000066 relation] BFO:0000066  carboxysome
Wikipedia
Carboxysome