WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0006887

GO:0006887 Name: exocytosis
  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.
  Alt_id: GO:0016194
    GO:0016195
  Synonym: Exact: vesicle exocytosis
    Related: nonselective vesicle exocytosis
  Status: Valid
  Type: Biological_process
  Child: Instance: GO:0045054
      GO:0045055
      GO:0098967
      GO:1990182
    Component: GO:0140029
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0032940
      GO:0016192
  Attributes_of: Motif: INTERPRO:IPR004140
      INTERPRO:IPR010326
      INTERPRO:IPR019160
      INTERPRO:IPR028137
      INTERPRO:IPR030541
      INTERPRO:IPR033961
      INTERPRO:IPR039032
      INTERPRO:IPR046364
    Index: Ancestor: GO:0006810
        GO:0032940
        GO:0009987
        GO:0008150
        GO:0016192
        GO:0046903
        GO:0051179
        GO:0051234
        GO:0140352
      Descendant (52)
    GO_annotation (119)
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15