AmiGO 2: Term Details for "carboxysome" (GO:0031470)

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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
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to carboxysome (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to carboxysome (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for carboxysome (excluding "regulates").