Category:GO:0099092 ! postsynaptic density, intracellular component

name: postsynaptic density, intracellular component
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A network of proteins adjacent to the postsynaptic membrane forming an electron dense disc. Its major components include neurotransmitter receptors and the proteins that spatially and functionally organize neurotransmitter receptors in the adjacent membrane, such as anchoring and scaffolding molecules, signaling enzymes and cytoskeletal components." [GOC:dos]
subset: goslim_synapse
is_a: GO:0099091 ! postsynaptic specialization, intracellular component
relationship: part_of: GO:0014069 ! postsynaptic density
intersection_of: GO:0043228 ! membraneless organelle
intersection_of: part_of GO:0014069 ! postsynaptic density

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0099092</GOterm>
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