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Term Name | chlorosome |
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Term Accession | GO:0046858 |
Aspect | cellular_component |
Synonyms (0) | None. |
Definition | A large enclosure of aggregated pigment, typically bacteriochlorophyll c (BChl c), that acts as a light-harvesting antenna structure and is characteristic of green photosynthetic bacteria (e.g. Chlorobiaceae). The BChl aggregates are organized into lamellar elements by pigment-pigment rather than pigment-protein interactions. Chlorosomes also contain BChl a, carotenoids, quinones, lipids, and proteins, and are attached to the cytoplasmic membrane via a BChl a-containing protein baseplate. |
Comment | None |
Source Ontology Database | The GO browser of Gene Ontology Database |
ISBN: | 0198506732 |
PMID: | 14729689 |
PMID: | 15298919 |
Wikipedia: | Chlorosome |