exocytosis
nonselective vesicle exocytosis
related
vesicle exocytosis
exact
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.
GO:0016192
vesicle-mediated transport
is_a
GO:0032940
secretion by cell
is_a
SPAC23H4.01c SPAC110.03 SPAC26F1.01 SPCC622.10c SPBC1773.09c SPAC9E9.07c SPAC17G8.12 SPAC1B3.11c SPAC607.10 SPAC23C4.08 SPCC1235.10c SPBC1289.04c SPCC23B6.01c SPAC688.07c SPCC825.03c SPCC970.09 SPAC821.12 SPAC6F12.08c SPAC19A8.01c SPBC26H8.02c SPAC23C4.10 SPAC11E3.02c SPCC4G3.09c SPAC18G6.03 SPAC13F5.06c SPBC106.20 SPAC1F5.05c SPBC23G7.08c SPAC6G9.11