AmiGO 2: Term Details for "exocytosis" (GO:0006887)

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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
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_yeast
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to exocytosis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to exocytosis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for exocytosis (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0051179 localization
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0051234 establishment of localization
GO:0006810 transport
GO:0140352 export from cell
GO:0046903 secretion
GO:0032940 secretion by cell
GO:0016192 vesicle-mediated transport
GO:0006887 exocytosis
GO:0045054 constitutive secretory pathway
GO:0098967 exocytic insertion of neurotransmitter receptor to postsynaptic membrane
GO:0140029 exocytic process
GO:1990182 exosomal secretion
UBERON:0010243 merocrine gland
GO:0045920 negative regulation of exocytosis
GO:0045921 positive regulation of exocytosis
GO:0045055 regulated exocytosis
GO:0017157 regulation of exocytosis

Parents of exocytosis (GO:0006887)

subject	relation	object
exocytosis	is_a	secretion by cell (GO:0032940)
exocytosis	BFO:0000051	vesicle fusion to plasma membrane (GO:0099500)
exocytosis	RO:0002608	exocytic vesicle (GO:0070382)
exocytosis	is_a	vesicle-mediated transport (GO:0016192)

Children of exocytosis (GO:0006887)

subject	relation	object
merocrine gland (UBERON:0010243)	RO:0002215	exocytosis
vesicle-mediated transport to the plasma membrane (GO:0098876)	RO:0002230	exocytosis
exocytic insertion of neurotransmitter receptor to postsynaptic membrane (GO:0098967)	is_a	exocytosis
regulation of exocytosis (GO:0017157)	RO:0002211	exocytosis
constitutive secretory pathway (GO:0045054)	is_a	exocytosis
regulated exocytosis (GO:0045055)	is_a	exocytosis
negative regulation of exocytosis (GO:0045920)	RO:0002212	exocytosis
positive regulation of exocytosis (GO:0045921)	RO:0002213	exocytosis
exosomal secretion (GO:1990182)	is_a	exocytosis
phagosome maturation (GO:0090382)	RO:0002224	exocytosis
exocytic process (GO:0140029)	BFO:0000050	exocytosis

Wikipedia: Exocytosis