AmiGO 2: Term Details for "encapsulin nanocompartment" (GO:0140737)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0140737
Name: encapsulin nanocompartment
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: protein nanocompartment
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Intracellular non-membrane bound organelle, consisting of proteinaceous polyhedral shells that encapsulate enzymes, protecting the contents from their surrounding milieu and/or the milieu from reactants in their interior. The self-assembling, 25-42 nm nanocompartment shell, unlike larger bacterial microcompartments, is made of only one protein, and has only a few proteins inside. Shells about vary from about 25-42 nm in diameter. The shell protein has an HK97-like fold and probably evolved from a viral protein. Artificial encapsulin nanocompartments can be expressed and filled with cargo proteins for biotechnological uses. They are found in many bacterial and a few archaeal phyla. Source: PMID:32918485
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0140737 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to encapsulin nanocompartment (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to encapsulin nanocompartment (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for encapsulin nanocompartment (excluding "regulates").