glycogen granule

id: GO:0042587
name: glycogen granule
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Cytoplasmic bead-like structures of animal cells, visible by electron microscope. Each granule is a functional unit with the biosynthesis and catabolism of glycogen being catalyzed by enzymes bound to the granule surface.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044444cytoplasmic part