AmiGO 2: Term Details for "lipid droplet" (GO:0005811)

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
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_chembl; goslim_generic
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to lipid droplet (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to lipid droplet (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for lipid droplet (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
lipid droplet	RO:0002162	cellular organisms (NCBITaxon:131567)
lipid droplet	is_a	intracellular membraneless organelle (GO:0043232)

subject	relation	object
monolayer-surrounded lipid storage body (GO:0012511)	is_a	lipid droplet
lipid droplet formation (GO:0140042)	RO:0002588	lipid droplet
lipid droplet localization to prospore membrane leading edge (GO:0140043)	RO:0000057	lipid droplet
lipid droplet fusion (GO:0160077)	RO:0012008	lipid droplet
ascus lipid droplet (GO:0005633)	is_a	lipid droplet
protein localization to lipid droplet (GO:1990044)	RO:0002339	lipid droplet
lipid droplet disassembly (GO:1905691)	RO:0002590	lipid droplet
lipid droplet organization (GO:0034389)	RO:0002592	lipid droplet
lipid droplet transport along microtubule (GO:0031887)	RO:0004009	lipid droplet

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