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Double layer of lipid molecules that encloses all cells, and, in eukaryotes, many organelles; may be a single or double lipid bilayer; also includes associated proteins. A membrane raft that forms small pit, depression, or invagination that communicates with the outside of a cell and extends inward, indenting the cytoplasm and the cell membrane. Examples include any of the minute pits or incuppings of the cell membrane formed during pinocytosis. Such caveolae may be pinched off to form free vesicles within the cytoplasm. Any constituent part of a cell, the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms. Any of the small (10-200 nm), heterogeneous, highly dynamic, sterol- and sphingolipid-enriched membrane domains that compartmentalize cellular processes. Small rafts can sometimes be stabilized to form larger platforms through protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions. Any constituent part of a membrane, a double layer of lipid molecules that encloses all cells, and, in eukaryotes, many organelles; may be a single or double lipid bilayer; also includes associated proteins.

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GO TERM SUMMARY

Name: membrane raft
Acc: GO:0045121
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: Any of the small (10-200 nm), heterogeneous, highly dynamic, sterol- and sphingolipid-enriched membrane domains that compartmentalize cellular processes. Small rafts can sometimes be stabilized to form larger platforms through protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions.
Synonyms:
  • GEM domain
  • lipid raft
  • glycolipid-enriched membrane domain
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 317 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 433 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0045121 - membrane raft (interactive image map)

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