Term Information

Accession
GO:0046858
Name
chlorosome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A large enclosure of aggregated pigment, typically bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c), that acts as a light-harvesting antenna structure and is characteristic of green photosynthetic bacteria (e.g. Chlorobiaceae). The BChl aggregates are organized into lamellar elements by pigment-pigment rather than pigment-protein interactions. Chlorosomes also contain BChl a, carotenoids, quinones, lipids, and proteins, and are attached to the cytoplasmic membrane via a BChl a-containing protein baseplate. Source: ISBN:0198506732, PMID:14729689, PMID:15298919
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046858 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of chlorosome (GO:0046858)
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chlorosome [is_a relation] is_a  intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043232)
Children of chlorosome (GO:0046858)
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chlorosome envelope (GO:0033105) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  chlorosome
Wikipedia
Chlorosome