Term Information

Accession

GO:0005764

Ontology

cellular component

Synonyms

None

Definition

A small lytic vacuole that has cell cycle-independent morphology and is found in most animal cells and that contains a variety of hydrolases, most of which have their maximal activities in the pH range 5-6. The contained enzymes display latency if properly isolated. About 40 different lysosomal hydrolases are known and lysosomes have a great variety of morphologies and functions. [source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732]

Comment

None

Subset

• goslim_generic
• goslim_plant

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External References

InterPro (6)

• IPR001139
• IPR005429
• IPR008373
• IPR015981
• IPR016699
• IPR021165

MIPS_funcat (1)

• 70.25

NIF_Subcellular (1)

• sao585356902

Pfam (1)

• PF02055

PIRSF (2)

• PIRSF002431
• PIRSF017632

PRINTS (3)

• PR00843
• PR01611
• PR01797

SP_KW (1)

• KW-0458

SP_SL (1)

• SL-0158

TIGR_role (1)

• 23570

Wikipedia (1)

• Lysosome

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