This term is obsolete.

GO:0015979 JSON

photosynthesis

Biological Process

Definition (GO:0015979 GONUTS page)

The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide (CO2) using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds.

1,360,283 annotations

Ancestor Chart

Ancestor chart for GO:0015979
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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0015979

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0015979
photosynthetic membrane
capable_of_part_of
photosynthesis, light reaction
part_of
photosynthesis, dark reaction
part_of
regulation of photosynthesis
regulates
photosystem
capable_of_part_of
positive regulation of photosynthesis
positively_regulates
negative regulation of photosynthesis
negatively_regulates

Taxon Constraints

The use of this term should conform to the following taxon constraints:

Ancestor GO ID Ancestor GO Term Name Relationship Taxon ID Taxon Reference(s)
GO:0015979 photosynthesis Never in Taxon 33208 Metazoa
GO:0015979 photosynthesis Never in Taxon 4895 Schizosaccharomyces

More information on taxon constraints in GO is available here

Annotation Blacklist

This list aims to correct incorrect annotations to UniProtKB accessions inferred from electronic annotation (IEA) methods that are supplied by the UniProt-GOA project to the GO Consortium:

Category Entity Type Entity ID Taxon ID Entity Name Ancestor GO ID Reason Rule/Method ID
NOT-qualified manual protein Q9SVV6 3702 KCO6_ARATH GO:0015979 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000315 from this reference: PMID:31053658
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPL7 280810 PETN_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPM6 280810 PSB30_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPM8 280810 PSBI_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPN1 280810 PSBA_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPN8 280810 RBL_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPP4 280810 PSBL_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPP7 280810 PETG_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPP8 280810 PSAJ_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain
UniProt COMMENT_CAUTION protein B0YPQ4 280810 PSBN_ANEMR GO:0015979 This organism being non-photosynthetic, the role of this protein is uncertain

Cross-references

Database ID Description
InterPro IPR000549 Photosystem I reaction center subunit V/PsaK
InterPro IPR001056 Photosystem II reaction centre protein H
InterPro IPR001280 Photosystem I PsaA/PsaB
InterPro IPR001297 Phycobilisome linker domain
InterPro IPR001302 Photosystem I reaction centre subunit VIII
InterPro IPR001470 Bacteriochlorophyll c-binding protein
InterPro IPR001743 Photosystem II PsbT
InterPro IPR002325 Cytochrome f
InterPro IPR002615 Photosystem I PsaJ, reaction centre subunit IX
InterPro IPR002644 Photosystem II PsbZ, reaction centre

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0015979 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 1,260 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
photosynthesis
259.69 100.00 750,658 750,658
thylakoid
158.32 43.82 457,286 750,100
chloroplast thylakoid membrane
149.61 37.03 382,058 663,181
photosystem II
256.90 36.67 276,344 279,342
chloroplast
82.27 28.44 551,980 1,742,437
reductive pentose-phosphate cycle
229.62 21.10 162,927 184,266
carbon fixation
189.71 20.77 168,815 231,085
ribulose-bisphosphate carboxylase activity
200.91 20.02 159,659 206,366
photorespiration
245.10 18.87 143,291 151,820
chlorophyll binding
257.98 17.18 129,108 129,966
Totals 6574616 168438918
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0015979 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 183 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
photosynthesis
5,026.46 100.00 257 257
diphosphate-fructose-6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase activity
4,994.84 61.24 158 159
response to glucose
1,272.93 21.76 156 616
thylakoid
211.03 2.17 11 262
chloroplast thylakoid
99.86 1.28 9 453
nonphotochemical quenching
655.62 1.08 3 23
stromule
376.98 1.02 3 40
NADPH dehydrogenase activity
327.81 1.00 3 46
response to high light intensity
239.36 0.95 3 63
plastoglobule
239.36 0.95 3 63
Totals 819 31372

GO Slims

This term is present in the following GO Consortium-maintained GO slims:

GO slim name Total Number of Terms in Slim
goslim_metagenomics 111
goslim_generic 141
goslim_pir 439
goslim_plant 97
goslim_prokaryote 97
goslim_chembl 296
goslim_prokaryote_ribbon 49
goslim_plant_ribbon 62

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-18 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
2024-09-18 Added RELATION is a GO:0008152 (metabolic process)
2024-03-21 Added SUBSET goslim_plant_ribbon
2024-02-24 Added SUBSET goslim_prokaryote_ribbon
2023-12-15 Added SUBSET goslim_prokaryote
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:02.30
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:02.30
2016-10-29 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4895 (Schizosaccharomyces)
2015-12-09 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:33208 (Metazoa)
2015-05-19 Deleted SUBSET goslim_ChEMBL
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2002-02-06 Updated TERM photosynthesis
2001-04-03 Updated TERM photosynthesis
2001-03-30 Added TERM photosynthesis
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide (CO2) using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide (CO2) using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds.
2003-10-23 Updated DEFINITION The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide (CO2) using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds.
2002-11-27 Added DEFINITION The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-18 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
2024-09-18 Added RELATION is a GO:0008152 (metabolic process)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:02.30
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:02.30
2009-03-29 Added XREF Wikipedia:Photosynthesis
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-03-21 Added SUBSET goslim_plant_ribbon
2024-02-24 Added SUBSET goslim_prokaryote_ribbon
2023-12-15 Added SUBSET goslim_prokaryote
2016-10-29 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4895 (Schizosaccharomyces)
2015-12-09 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:33208 (Metazoa)
2015-05-19 Deleted SUBSET goslim_ChEMBL
2015-05-19 Added SUBSET goslim_chembl
2015-05-11 Added SUBSET goslim_ChEMBL
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_plant
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_generic
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_pir
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2012-02-17 Added SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2010-12-05 Added SUBSET goslim_generic
2008-06-09 Added SUBSET goslim_pir
2008-06-09 Added SUBSET goslim_plant
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