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Category:GO:0070088 ! polyhydroxyalkanoate granule
name: polyhydroxyalkanoate granule
namespace: cellular_component
def: "An inclusion body located in the cytoplasm of prokaryotes that consists of polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) molecules and associated proteins, surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer; the proteins include PHA synthase, PHA depolymerase and 3HB-oligomer hydroxylase, phasins (PhaPs), which are thought to be the major structural proteins of the membrane surrounding the inclusion, and the regulator of phasin expression PhaR." [GOC:mah, PMID:15762612]
synonym: "carbonosome" BROAD []
synonym: "PHA granule" EXACT []
synonym: "PHB granule" NARROW []
is_a: GO:0016234 ! inclusion body
is_a: GO:0043231 ! intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
relationship: part_of: GO:0005737 ! cytoplasm
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<GOterm>GO:0070088</GOterm>
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