WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0020008

GO:0020008 Name: rhoptry
  Definition: A large, club-shaped secretory organelle that forms part of the apical complex of an apicomplexan parasite, and consists of a bulbous body and a narrow electron-dense neck that extends through the conoid at the apical tip of the parasite. The rhoptry necks serve as ducts through which the contents of the rhoptries are secreted after attachment to the host has been completed and at the commencement of invasion. Rhoptry proteins function in the biogenesis and host organellar association of the parasitophorous vacuole.
  Synonym: Related: paired organelles
      toxoneme
  Status: Valid
  Type: Cellular_component
  Child: Component: GO:0033016
      GO:0034591
      GO:1990225
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0110165
    Component_of: GO:0020007
  Attributes_of: Index: Ancestor: GO:0005575
        GO:0020007
        GO:0045177
        GO:0110165
      Descendant: GO:0033016
        GO:0034591
        GO:1990225
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15