Term Information

Accession
GO:0006887
Name
exocytosis
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
vesicle exocytosis, nonselective vesicle exocytosis
Alternate IDs
GO:0016195, GO:0016194
Definition
A process of secretion by a cell that results in the release of intracellular molecules (e.g. hormones, matrix proteins) contained within a membrane-bounded vesicle. Exocytosis can occur either by full fusion, when the vesicle collapses into the plasma membrane, or by a kiss-and-run mechanism that involves the formation of a transient contact, a pore, between a granule (for exemple of chromaffin cells) and the plasma membrane. The latter process most of the time leads to only partial secretion of the granule content. Exocytosis begins with steps that prepare vesicles for fusion with the membrane (tethering and docking) and ends when molecules are secreted from the cell. Source: ISBN:0716731363, PMID:22323285, GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006887 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_yeast
Feedback
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Parents of exocytosis (GO:0006887)
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exocytosis [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  vesicle fusion to plasma membrane (GO:0099500)
exocytosis [is_a relation] is_a  vesicle-mediated transport (GO:0016192)
exocytosis [is_a relation] is_a  secretion by cell (GO:0032940)
Children of exocytosis (GO:0006887)
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exosomal secretion (GO:1990182) [is_a relation] is_a  exocytosis
positive regulation of exocytosis (GO:0045921) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  exocytosis
constitutive secretory pathway (GO:0045054) [is_a relation] is_a  exocytosis
negative regulation of exocytosis (GO:0045920) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  exocytosis
exocytic process (GO:0140029) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  exocytosis
regulation of exocytosis (GO:0017157) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  exocytosis
exocytic insertion of neurotransmitter receptor to postsynaptic membrane (GO:0098967) [is_a relation] is_a  exocytosis
regulated exocytosis (GO:0045055) [is_a relation] is_a  exocytosis
Wikipedia
Exocytosis