Term Information

Accession

GO:0019898

Ontology

cellular component

Synonyms

alt_id: GO:0030396

exact: peripheral membrane protein

Definition

Loosely bound to one surface of a membrane, but not integrated into the hydrophobic region. [source: GOC:jl, GOC:mah, http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/]

Comment

Note that proteins extrinsic to membranes can be removed by treatments that do not disrupt the membrane, such as salt solutions.

Subset

• Unavailable

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External References

InterPro (8)

• IPR000798
• IPR002628
• IPR002683
• IPR008797
• IPR008954
• IPR010527
• IPR011174
• IPR011259

MIPS_funcat (1)

• 42.27.03

Pfam (5)

• PF00769
• PF01716
• PF01789
• PF05757
• PF06514

PIRSF (1)

• PIRSF002305

PRINTS (1)

• PR00661

Wikipedia (1)

• Peripheral_membrane_protein

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