GO:0140737 encapsulin nanocompartment

Term Data

Source Ontology: Gene Ontology
Accession: GO:0140737
Term Name: encapsulin nanocompartment
RO 0002161: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_2759
Created By: pg
Creation Date: 2021-11-29T09:16:25Z
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.
Has Obo Namespace: cellular_component
Id: GO:0140737
Term Tracker Item: https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/22465
Synonyms: protein nanocompartment
Link: http://amigo.geneontology.org/cgi-bin/amigo/go.cgi?view=details&query=GO:0140737
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GO:0043232 intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle	GO:0140737 encapsulin nanocompartment GO:0042645 mitochondrial nucleoid GO:0042646 plastid nucleoid GO:0062159 contractile vacuole complex GO:0043292 contractile fiber GO:0043590 bacterial nucleoid GO:0099091 postsynaptic specialization, intracellular component GO:0002102 podosome GO:0120293 dynein axonemal particle GO:0032019 mitochondrial cloud GO:0046858 chlorosome GO:0140453 protein aggregate center GO:0042151 nematocyst GO:0005694 chromosome GO:0005730 nucleolus GO:0005856 cytoskeleton GO:0005840 ribosome GO:0005819 spindle GO:0005818 aster GO:0005814 centriole

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