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Any particle of coalesced lipids in the cytoplasm of a cell. May include associated proteins. Any constituent part of the cytoplasm, all of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures. All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures. Any particle of coalesced lipids in an ascus or ascospore. May include associated proteins. Any constituent part of the living contents of a cell; the matter contained within (but not including) the plasma membrane, usually taken to exclude large vacuoles and masses of secretory or ingested material. In eukaryotes it includes the nucleus and cytoplasm. A subcellular organelle of plant cells surrounded by 'half-unit' or a monolayer membrane instead of the more usual bilayer. The storage body has a droplet of triglyceride surrounded by a monolayer of phospholipids, interacting with the triglycerides and the hydrophilic head groups facing the cytosol, and containing major protein components called oleosins.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: lipid particle
Acc: GO:0005811
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: Any particle of coalesced lipids in the cytoplasm of a cell. May include associated proteins.
Synonyms:
  • lipid body
  • lipid droplet
  • adiposome
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 507 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 520 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0005811 - lipid particle (interactive image map)
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