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polyhydroxyalkanoate granule

Term Information

Accession
GO:0070088
Name
polyhydroxyalkanoate granule
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
PHA granule, PHB granule, carbonosome
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An inclusion body located in the cytoplasm of prokaryotes that consists of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) molecules and associated proteins, surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer; the proteins include PHA synthase, PHA depolymerase and 3HB-oligomer hydroxylase, phasins (PhaPs), which are thought to be the major structural proteins of the membrane surrounding the inclusion, and the regulator of phasin expression PhaR. Source: PMID:15762612, GOC:mah
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0070088 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of polyhydroxyalkanoate granule (GO:0070088)
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polyhydroxyalkanoate granule [is_a relation] is_a  inclusion body (GO:0016234)
polyhydroxyalkanoate granule [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cytoplasm (GO:0005737)
polyhydroxyalkanoate granule [is_a relation] is_a  intracellular membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043231)

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