You are using the Cyverse mirror of the Planteome Ontology Browser. The main site is currently down for maintenance.

Term Information

Accession
GO:0005811
Name
lipid droplet
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
adiposome, lipid body, lipid particle
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle comprising a matrix of coalesced lipids surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer. May include associated proteins. Source: GOC:tb, GOC:mah
Comment
Note that this term does not refer to vesicles, but instead to structures in which lipids do not necessarily form bilayers.
History
See term history for GO:0005811 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_chembl
goslim_generic
Feedback
Contact the Planteome feedback if you find mistakes or have concerns about the data you find here.
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at GO issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of lipid droplet (GO:0005811)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
lipid droplet [is_a relation] is_a  intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043232)
Children of lipid droplet (GO:0005811)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
monolayer-surrounded lipid storage body (GO:0012511) [is_a relation] is_a  lipid droplet
ascus lipid droplet (GO:0005633) [is_a relation] is_a  lipid droplet
None.