| GO term | GO name | GO namespace | GO def |
| GO:0071702 | organic substance transport | biological_process | The directed movement of organic substances into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, or within a multicellular organism by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. An organic substance is a molecular entity that contains carbon. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0005794 | Golgi apparatus | cellular_component | A membrane-bound cytoplasmic organelle of the endomembrane system that further processes the core oligosaccharides (e.g. N-glycans) added to proteins in the endoplasmic reticulum and packages them into membrane-bound vesicles. The Golgi apparatus operates at the intersection of the secretory, lysosomal, and endocytic pathways. [ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0051179 | localization | biological_process | Any process in which a cell, a substance, or a cellular entity, such as a protein complex or organelle, is transported, tethered to or otherwise maintained in a specific location. In the case of substances, localization may also be achieved via selective degradation. [GOC:ai, GOC:dos] |
| GO:0098588 | bounding membrane of organelle | cellular_component | The lipid bilayer that forms the outer-most layer of an organelle. [GOC:dos] |
| GO:0000407 | phagophore assembly site | cellular_component | Punctate structures proximal to the endoplasmic reticulum which are the sites where the Atg machinery assembles upon autophagy induction. [GOC:elh, PMID:11689437, PMID:12048214, PMID:12554655] |
| GO:0043227 | membrane-bounded organelle | cellular_component | Organized structure of distinctive morphology and function, bounded by a single or double lipid bilayer membrane. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, and vesicles. Excludes the plasma membrane. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0051641 | cellular localization | biological_process | A cellular localization process whereby a substance or cellular entity, such as a protein complex or organelle, is transported to, and/or maintained in, a specific location within a cell including the localization of substances or cellular entities to the cell membrane. [GOC:tb, GOC:vw] |
| GO:0045121 | membrane raft | cellular_component | 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. [PMID:16645198, PMID:20044567] |
| GO:0051234 | establishment of localization | biological_process | Any process that localizes a substance or cellular component. This may occur via movement, tethering or selective degradation. [GOC:ai, GOC:dos] |
| GO:0006869 | lipid transport | biological_process | The directed movement of lipids into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. Lipids are compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. [ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0012505 | endomembrane system | cellular_component | A collection of membranous structures involved in transport within the cell. The main components of the endomembrane system are endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi bodies, vesicles, cell membrane and nuclear envelope. Members of the endomembrane system pass materials through each other or though the use of vesicles. [GOC:lh] |
| GO:0010008 | endosome membrane | cellular_component | The lipid bilayer surrounding an endosome. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0031301 | integral component of organelle membrane | cellular_component | The component of the organelle membrane consisting of the gene products having at least some part of their peptide sequence embedded in the hydrophobic region of the membrane. [GOC:dos, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0097708 | intracellular vesicle | cellular_component | Any vesicle that is part of the intracellular region. [GOC:vesicles] |
| GO:0043231 | intracellular membrane-bounded organelle | cellular_component | Organized structure of distinctive morphology and function, bounded by a single or double lipid bilayer membrane and occurring within the cell. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, and vesicles. Excludes the plasma membrane. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0005768 | endosome | cellular_component | A vacuole to which materials ingested by endocytosis are delivered. [ISBN:0198506732, PMID:19696797] |
| GO:0005654 | nucleoplasm | cellular_component | That part of the nuclear content other than the chromosomes or the nucleolus. [GOC:ma, ISBN:0124325653] |
| GO:0000045 | autophagosome assembly | biological_process | The formation of a double membrane-bounded structure, the autophagosome, that occurs when a specialized membrane sac, called the isolation membrane, starts to enclose a portion of the cytoplasm. [GOC:autophagy, PMID:9412464] |
| GO:0015918 | sterol transport | biological_process | The directed movement of sterols into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. Sterols are steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0031300 | intrinsic component of organelle membrane | cellular_component | The component of the organelle membrane consisting of the gene products and protein complexes having either part of their peptide sequence embedded in the hydrophobic region of the membrane or some other covalently attached group such as a GPI anchor that is similarly embedded in the membrane. [GOC:dos, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0110165 | cellular anatomical entity | cellular_component | A part of a cellular organism that is either an immaterial entity or a material entity with granularity above the level of a protein complex but below that of an anatomical system. Or, a substance produced by a cellular organism with granularity above the level of a protein complex. [GOC:kmv] |
| GO:0012506 | vesicle membrane | cellular_component | The lipid bilayer surrounding any membrane-bounded vesicle in the cell. [GOC:mah, GOC:vesicle] |
| GO:0031201 | SNARE complex | cellular_component | A protein complex involved in membrane fusion; a stable ternary complex consisting of a four-helix bundle, usually formed from one R-SNARE and three Q-SNAREs with an ionic layer sandwiched between hydrophobic layers. One well-characterized example is the neuronal SNARE complex formed of synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin 1a, and SNAP-25. [GOC:bhm, GOC:pr, PMID:10872468, PMID:19450911] |
| GO:0030674 | protein-macromolecule adaptor activity | molecular_function | The binding activity of a protein that brings together two or more macromolecules in contact, permitting those molecules to function in a coordinated way. The adaptor can bring together two proteins, or a protein and another macromolecule such as a lipid or a nucleic acid. [GOC:bf, GOC:mah, GOC:vw] |
| GO:0050821 | protein stabilization | biological_process | Any process involved in maintaining the structure and integrity of a protein and preventing it from degradation or aggregation. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0000139 | Golgi membrane | cellular_component | The lipid bilayer surrounding any of the compartments of the Golgi apparatus. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0031410 | cytoplasmic vesicle | cellular_component | A vesicle found in the cytoplasm of a cell. [GOC:ai, GOC:mah, GOC:vesicles] |
| GO:0043229 | intracellular organelle | cellular_component | Organized structure of distinctive morphology and function, occurring within the cell. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, vesicles, ribosomes and the cytoskeleton. Excludes the plasma membrane. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0006886 | intracellular protein transport | biological_process | The directed movement of proteins in a cell, including the movement of proteins between specific compartments or structures within a cell, such as organelles of a eukaryotic cell. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0008021 | synaptic vesicle | cellular_component | A secretory organelle, typically 50 nm in diameter, of presynaptic nerve terminals; accumulates in high concentrations of neurotransmitters and secretes these into the synaptic cleft by fusion with the 'active zone' of the presynaptic plasma membrane. [PMID:10099709, PMID:12563290] |
| GO:0043226 | organelle | cellular_component | Organized structure of distinctive morphology and function. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, vesicles, ribosomes and the cytoskeleton, and prokaryotic structures such as anammoxosomes and pirellulosomes. Excludes the plasma membrane. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0006810 | transport | biological_process | The directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) or cellular components (such as complexes and organelles) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, or within a multicellular organism by means of some agent such as a transporter, pore or motor protein. [GOC:dos, GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0031224 | intrinsic component of membrane | cellular_component | The component of a membrane consisting of the gene products having some covalently attached portion, for example part of a peptide sequence or some other covalently attached group such as a GPI anchor, which spans or is embedded in one or both leaflets of the membrane. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0009987 | cellular process | biological_process | Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:isa_complete] |
| GO:0030139 | endocytic vesicle | cellular_component | A membrane-bounded intracellular vesicle formed by invagination of the plasma membrane around an extracellular substance. Endocytic vesicles fuse with early endosomes to deliver the cargo for further sorting. [GOC:go_curators, PMID:19696797] |
| GO:0055037 | recycling endosome | cellular_component | An organelle consisting of a network of tubules that functions in targeting molecules, such as receptors transporters and lipids, to the plasma membrane. [GOC:dph, GOC:jid, GOC:kmv, GOC:rph, PMID:10930469, PMID:15601896, PMID:16246101, PMID:21556374, PMID:21562044] |
| GO:0000149 | SNARE binding | molecular_function | Binding to a SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attached protein receptor) protein. [PMID:12642621] |
| GO:0016020 | membrane | cellular_component | A lipid bilayer along with all the proteins and protein complexes embedded in it an attached to it. [GOC:dos, GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194] |
| GO:0030301 | cholesterol transport | biological_process | The directed movement of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3-beta-ol, into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0006906 | vesicle fusion | biological_process | Fusion of the membrane of a transport vesicle with its target membrane. [GOC:jid] |
| GO:0015850 | organic hydroxy compound transport | biological_process | The directed movement of an organic hydroxy compound (organic alcohol) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. An organic hydroxy compound is an organic compound having at least one hydroxy group attached to a carbon atom. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0030659 | cytoplasmic vesicle membrane | cellular_component | The lipid bilayer surrounding a cytoplasmic vesicle. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0031982 | vesicle | cellular_component | Any small, fluid-filled, spherical organelle enclosed by membrane. [GOC:mah, GOC:pz, GOC:vesicles] |
| GO:0051640 | organelle localization | biological_process | Any process in which an organelle is transported to, and/or maintained in, a specific location. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0031090 | organelle membrane | cellular_component | A membrane that is one of the two lipid bilayers of an organelle envelope or the outermost membrane of single membrane bound organelle. [GOC:dos, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0016021 | integral component of membrane | cellular_component | The component of a membrane consisting of the gene products and protein complexes having at least some part of their peptide sequence embedded in the hydrophobic region of the membrane. [GOC:dos, GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0005515 | protein binding | molecular_function | Binding to a protein. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0060090 | molecular adaptor activity | molecular_function | The binding activity of a molecule that brings together two or more molecules through a selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric interaction, permitting those molecules to function in a coordinated way. [GOC:mtg_MIT_16mar07, GOC:vw] |