trichocyst

id: GO:0055039
name: trichocyst
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A crystalline exocytotic organelle composed of small, acidic proteins existing primarily as disulphide-linked dimers. The trichocyst is an organelle that releases long filamentous proteins that capture predators in \"nets\" to slow them down when the cell is disturbed. The protein is nontoxic and shaped like a long, striated, fibrous shaft.

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