Term Details for "extrinsic component of membrane" (GO:0019898) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0019898

Name

extrinsic component of membrane

Ontology

cellular_component

Synonyms

extrinsic to membrane, peripheral membrane protein

Alternate IDs

GO:0030396

Definition

The component of a membrane consisting of gene products and protein complexes that are loosely bound to one of its surfaces, but not integrated into the hydrophobic region.Source: GOC:jl,GOC:mah,GOC:dos

Comment

Note that proteins extrinsic to membranes can be removed by treatments that do not disrupt the membrane, such as salt solutions.

History

See term history for GO:0019898 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

goslim_metagenomics

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