chitosome

id: GO:0045009
name: chitosome
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: An intracellular membrane-bounded particle found in fungi and containing chitin synthase; it synthesizes chitin microfibrils. Chitin synthase activity exists in chitosomes and they are proposed to act as a reservoir for regulated transport of chitin synthase enzymes to the division septum.

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