exocytosis

I. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Interactors
Protein name
Directionality
Classification
1CCL3-CCR1CCL3_HUMAN - CCR1_HUMANLigand-ReceptorSignaling by Chemokines
2CCL5-CCR1CCL5_HUMAN - CCR1_HUMANLigand-ReceptorSignaling by Chemokines
3CCL8-CCR1CCL8_HUMAN - CCR1_HUMANLigand-ReceptorSignaling by Chemokines

II. Literature review

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Nameexocytosis
IDGO_0006887
collection_id

Biological process

Alternative ID

GO:0016194, GO:0016195

Exact synonym

vesicle exocytosis

Description

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 example 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.

Related synonym

nonselective vesicle exocytosis

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