Term Information

Accession
GO:1990462
Name
omegasome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Omega-shaped (as in the Greek capital letter) intracellular membrane-bounded organelle enriched in phosphatidylinositol 3-phosphate and dynamically connected to the endoplasmic reticulum. Omegasomes are the first step of the formation of autophagosomes via the phagophore assembly sites. Source: GOC:autophagy, PMID:24591649, PMID:18725538, GOC:mf
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:1990462 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of omegasome (GO:1990462)
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omegasome [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  endomembrane system (GO:0012505)
omegasome [is_a relation] is_a  intracellular membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043231)
Children of omegasome (GO:1990462)
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omegasome membrane (GO:1903349) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  omegasome
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