GO Term : GO:0043296 apical junction complex GO

Namespace  cellular_component Obsolete  false
description  A functional unit located near the cell apex at the points of contact between epithelial cells, which in vertebrates is composed of the tight junction, the zonula adherens, and desmosomes and in some invertebrates, such as Drosophila, is composed of the subapical complex (SAC), the zonula adherens and the septate junction. Functions in the regulation of cell polarity, tissue integrity and intercellular adhesion and permeability.

0 Cross References

1 Ontology

Name
GO

4 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0005575 cellular_component The part of a cell or its extracellular environment in which a gene product is located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together.
GO:0005911 cell-cell junction A cell junction that forms a connection between two or more cells in a multicellular organism; excludes direct cytoplasmic junctions such as ring canals.
GO:0030054 cell junction A cellular component that forms a specialized region of connection between two or more cells or between a cell and the extracellular matrix. At a cell junction, anchoring proteins extend through the plasma membrane to link cytoskeletal proteins in one cell to cytoskeletal proteins in neighboring cells or to proteins in the extracellular matrix.
GO:0043296 apical junction complex A functional unit located near the cell apex at the points of contact between epithelial cells, which in vertebrates is composed of the tight junction, the zonula adherens, and desmosomes and in some invertebrates, such as Drosophila, is composed of the subapical complex (SAC), the zonula adherens and the septate junction. Functions in the regulation of cell polarity, tissue integrity and intercellular adhesion and permeability.

0 Protein

11 Relations

Relationship
Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
part of GO:0043296 GO:0005915
part of GO:0043296 GO:0005918
part of GO:0043296 GO:0005919
part of GO:0043296 GO:0005920
part of GO:0043296 GO:0005923
part of GO:0043296 GO:0035003
is_a GO:0005911 GO:0043296
is_a GO:0005575 GO:0043296
is_a GO:0030054 GO:0043296
part of GO:0043296 GO:0044288
part of GO:0043296 GO:0044647

2 Synonyms

Name Type
apical cell junction complex synonym
apical junction synonym