pterinosome

id: GO:0043700
name: pterinosome
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A tissue-specific, membrane-bounded cytoplasmic organelle within which pteridine pigments are synthesized and stored. Pterinosomes are synthesized in xanthophores and erythrophore cells and are yellow, orange or red in appearance.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0048770pigment granule