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organelle membrane contact site

Term Information

Accession
GO:0044232
Name
organelle membrane contact site
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
MCS, inter-organelle junction, interorganelle junction
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A zone of apposition between the membranes of an organelle with another membrane, either another membrane of the same organelle, a membrane of another organelle, or the plasma membrane. Membrane contact sites (MCSs) are structured by bridging complexes. They are specialized for communication, including the efficient traffic of small molecules such as Ca2+ ions and lipids, as well as enzyme-substrate interactions. Source: GOC:jl, PMID:16806880
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0044232 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of organelle membrane contact site (GO:0044232)
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organelle membrane contact site [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
organelle membrane contact site [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  organelle (GO:0043226)
Children of organelle membrane contact site (GO:0044232)
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endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact site (GO:0140268) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
endoplasmic reticulum-vacuole membrane contact site (GO:0098853) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
nucleus-vacuole junction (GO:0071561) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
mitochondrial crista junction (GO:0044284) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
vacuole-isolation membrane contact site (GO:0120095) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
mitochondrial inner-outer membrane contact site (GO:0044289) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane (GO:0044233) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
vacuole-mitochondrion membrane contact site (GO:1990816) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
endoplasmic reticulum-endosome membrane contact site (GO:0140284) [is_a relation] is_a  organelle membrane contact site
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