AmiGO 2: Term Details for "organelle membrane contact site" (GO:0044232)

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

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subject	relation	object
organelle membrane contact site	BFO:0000050	organelle (GO:0043226)
organelle membrane contact site	is_a	cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)

subject	relation	object
mitochondrial inner-outer membrane contact site (GO:0044289)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
nucleus-vacuole junction (GO:0071561)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
mitochondrial crista junction (GO:0044284)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
vacuole-isolation membrane contact site (GO:0120095)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
mitochondria-associated endoplasmic reticulum membrane contact site (GO:0044233)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
endoplasmic reticulum-plasma membrane contact site (GO:0140268)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
vacuole-mitochondrion membrane contact site (GO:1990816)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
endoplasmic reticulum-vacuole membrane contact site (GO:0098853)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site
endoplasmic reticulum-endosome membrane contact site (GO:0140284)	is_a	organelle membrane contact site

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