WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0044322

GO:0044322 Name: endoplasmic reticulum quality control compartment
  Definition: A subcompartment of the endoplasmic reticulum in which proteins with improper or incorrect folding accumulate. Enzymes in this compartment direct proteins with major folding problems to translocation to the cytosol and degradation, and proteins with minor folding problems to the ER, to interact with chaperon proteins.
  Synonym: Exact: ER quality control compartment
      ERQC
    Related: ER-derived quality control compartment
  Status: Valid
  Type: Cellular_component
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0110165
    Component_of: GO:0005783
  Attributes_of: Index: Ancestor: GO:0005575
        GO:0005622
        GO:0005737
        GO:0005783
        GO:0012505
        GO:0043226
        GO:0043227
        GO:0043229
        GO:0043231
        GO:0110165
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15