AmiGO 2: Term Details for "polyhydroxyalkanoate granule" (GO:0070088)

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: None
History: See term history for GO:0070088 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to polyhydroxyalkanoate granule (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to polyhydroxyalkanoate granule (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for polyhydroxyalkanoate granule (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
polyhydroxyalkanoate granule	is_a	inclusion body (GO:0016234)
polyhydroxyalkanoate granule	is_a	intracellular membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043231)
polyhydroxyalkanoate granule	BFO:0000050	cytoplasm (GO:0005737)

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