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GO:0000331 JSON

contractile vacuole

Cellular Component

Definition (GO:0000331 GONUTS page)

A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. One of its functions is osmoregulatory. PMID:10503189 PMID:23890380

268 annotations

Synonyms

Synonyms are alternative words or phrases closely related in meaning to the term name, with indication of the relationship between the name and synonym given by the synonym scope.

Synonym Type
central vacuole related
central bladder related

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0000331

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0000331
contractile vacuolar membrane
part_of

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:0000331 contractile vacuole Only in Taxon 131567 cellular organisms

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 A0A096MJ18 10116 A0A096MJ18_RAT GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000266 from this reference: GO_REF:0000096
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A096MK97 10116 A0A096MK97_RAT GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000266 from this reference: GO_REF:0000096
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A0D1E8X3 5270 A0A0D1E8X3_MYCMD GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A0G2JZ79 10116 SIR1_RAT GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000266 from this reference: GO_REF:0000096
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A1D8PHF8 237561 A0A1D8PHF8_CANAL GO:0031410 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000314 from this reference: PMID:8760936
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A1L8G9S0 8355 A0A1L8G9S0_XENLA GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A1S4L3K3 6945 A0A1S4L3K3_IXOSC GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A1W2Q633 10116 A0A1W2Q633_RAT GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000266 from this reference: GO_REF:0000096
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A2K5ATM2 6239 A0A2K5ATM2_CAEEL GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033
NOT-qualified manual protein A0A2K5ATM9 6239 A0A2K5ATM9_CAEEL GO:0005737 1 NOT-qualified manual annotation exists with evidence code ECO:0000318 from this reference: GO_REF:0000033

Cross-references

Database ID Description
UniProtKB-SubCell SL-0073 Contractile vacuole
Wikipedia Contractile_vacuole

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:0000331 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 348 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
contractile vacuole
1,801,408.00 100.00 110 110
contractile vacuole organization
652,233.90 14.29 21 58
hypotonic response
241,336.92 9.62 28 209
contractile vacuolar membrane
300,234.66 9.27 19 114
pathogen-containing vacuole
209,091.98 6.22 13 112
acidocalcisome
277,139.66 5.19 8 52
regulation of sorocarp development
262,022.97 5.10 8 55
regulation of endocytosis by exocyst localization
1,801,407.90 3.64 4 4
pore formation during contractile vacuole discharge
900,703.90 2.65 3 6
contractile vacuole discharge
257,343.97 2.34 3 21
Totals 570 867388
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0000331 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 260 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
contractile vacuole
22,055.20 100.00 64 64
contractile vacuole organization
9,452.23 11.84 9 21
hypotonic response
4,411.04 11.67 14 70
contractile vacuolar membrane
4,540.78 7.69 7 34
acidocalcisome
3,393.11 7.41 8 52
pathogen-containing vacuole
2,321.60 5.22 6 57
contractile vacuole discharge
7,351.73 4.29 3 9
regulation of endocytosis by exocyst localization
22,055.20 3.13 2 2
intracellular pH reduction
1,050.25 2.78 4 84
pinocytosis
848.28 2.44 4 104
Totals 265 17081

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:131567 (cellular organisms)
2019-09-29 Added RELATION part of GO:0062159 (contractile vacuole complex)
2019-09-29 Deleted DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. Its function is probably osmoregulatory.
2019-09-29 Added DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. One of its functions is osmoregulatory.
2019-09-29 Added SYNONYM central vacuole
2019-09-29 Added SYNONYM central bladder
2016-10-14 Added RELATION is a GO:0031410 (cytoplasmic vesicle)
2016-10-14 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0016023 (cytoplasmic, membrane-bounded vesicle)
2010-08-15 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0031988 (membrane-bounded vesicle)
2010-05-27 Added RELATION is a GO:0016023 (cytoplasmic, membrane-bounded vesicle)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2002-06-05 Added TERM contractile vacuole
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2019-09-29 Deleted DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. Its function is probably osmoregulatory.
2019-09-29 Added DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. One of its functions is osmoregulatory.
2019-09-29 Added SYNONYM central vacuole
2019-09-29 Added SYNONYM central bladder
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. Its function is probably osmoregulatory.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. Its function is probably osmoregulatory.
2005-10-21 Updated DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. Its function is probably osmoregulatory.
2003-03-26 Updated DEFINITION A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of a permanent narrow neck. Its function is probably osmoregulatory.
2002-11-27 Added DEFINITION Small spherical vesicles, found in the cytoplasm of freshwater protozoans, that function to expel surplus water from the organism.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2019-09-29 Added RELATION part of GO:0062159 (contractile vacuole complex)
2016-10-14 Added RELATION is a GO:0031410 (cytoplasmic vesicle)
2016-10-14 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0016023 (cytoplasmic, membrane-bounded vesicle)
2010-08-15 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0031988 (membrane-bounded vesicle)
2010-05-27 Added RELATION is a GO:0016023 (cytoplasmic, membrane-bounded vesicle)
2009-01-12 Added RELATION is a GO:0031988 (membrane-bounded vesicle)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0005773 (vacuole)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2009-02-05 Added XREF Wikipedia:Contractile_vacuole
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:131567 (cellular organisms)
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