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A double membrane structure enclosing an organelle, including two lipid bilayers and the region between them. In some cases, an organelle envelope may have more than two membranes. A semiautonomous, self replicating organelle that occurs in varying numbers, shapes, and sizes in the cytoplasm of virtually all eukaryotic cells. It is notably the site of tissue respiration. Any constituent part of the cytoplasm, all of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures. The region between the inner and outer lipid bilayers of the mitochondrial envelope. A constituent part of an intracellular organelle, an organized structure of distinctive morphology and function, occurring within the cell. Includes constituent parts of the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, vesicles, ribosomes and the cytoskeleton but excludes the plasma membrane. Any constituent part of a mitochondrion, a semiautonomous, self replicating organelle that occurs in varying numbers, shapes, and sizes in the cytoplasm of virtually all eukaryotic cells. It is notably the site of tissue respiration. Soluble complex of the mitochondrial intermembrane space composed of various combinations of small Tim proteins; acts as a protein transporter to guide proteins to the Tim22 complex for insertion into the mitochondrial inner membrane. The region between the inner and outer lipid bilayers of an organelle envelope. The double lipid bilayer enclosing the mitochondrion and separating its contents from the cell cytoplasm; includes the intermembrane space. The enclosed volume within a sealed membrane or between two sealed membranes. Encompasses the volume enclosed by the membranes of a particular organelle, e.g. endoplasmic reticulum lumen, or the space between the two lipid bilayers of a double membrane surrounding an organelle, e.g. nuclear envelope lumen.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: mitochondrial intermembrane space
Acc: GO:0005758
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: The region between the inner and outer lipid bilayers of the mitochondrial envelope.
Synonyms:
  • mitochondrial envelope lumen
  • GO:0031971
  • mitochondrial membrane lumen
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 158 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 186 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0005758 - mitochondrial intermembrane space (interactive image map)
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