EOG80ZTF7 GO:0016021 47/169 integral component of membrane cellular_component "The component of a membrane consisting of the gene products and protein complexes having at least some part of their peptide sequence embedded in the hydrophobic region of the membrane." [GOC:dos, GOC:go_curators] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0016192 38/169 vesicle-mediated transport biological_process "A cellular transport process in which transported substances are moved in membrane-bounded vesicles; transported substances are enclosed in the vesicle lumen or located in the vesicle membrane. The process begins with a step that directs a substance to the forming vesicle, and includes vesicle budding and coating. Vesicles are then targeted to, and fuse with, an acceptor membrane." [GOC:ai, GOC:mah, ISBN:08789310662000] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0031201 10/169 SNARE complex cellular_component "A protein complex involved in membrane fusion; a stable ternary complex consisting of a four-helix bundle, usually formed from one R-SNARE and three Q-SNAREs with an ionic layer sandwiched between hydrophobic layers. One well-characterized example is the neuronal SNARE complex formed of synaptobrevin 2, syntaxin 1a, and SNAP-25." [GOC:bhm, GOC:pr, PMID:10872468, PMID:19450911] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0017156 9/169 calcium ion-dependent exocytosis biological_process "The release of intracellular molecules (e.g. hormones, matrix proteins) contained within a membrane-bounded vesicle by fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane of a cell, requiring the presence of calcium ions." [GOC:go_curators] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0016081 2/169 synaptic vesicle docking biological_process "The initial attachment of a synaptic vesicle membrane to the presynaptic membrane, mediated by proteins protruding from the membrane of the synaptic vesicle and the target membrane." [PMID:15217342] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0006887 2/169 exocytosis biological_process "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 by fusion of the vesicle with the plasma membrane of a cell. This is the process in which most molecules are secreted from eukaryotic cells." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0716731363] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0005886 2/169 plasma membrane cellular_component "The membrane surrounding a cell that separates the cell from its external environment. It consists of a phospholipid bilayer and associated proteins." [ISBN:0716731363] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0006906 2/169 vesicle fusion biological_process "Fusion of the membrane of a transport vesicle with its target membrane." [GOC:jid] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0000149 2/169 SNARE binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a SNARE (soluble N-ethylmaleimide-sensitive factor attached protein receptor) protein." [PMID:12642621] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0007269 2/169 neurotransmitter secretion biological_process "The regulated release of neurotransmitter into the synaptic cleft. A neurotransmitter is any of a group of substances that are released on excitation from the axon terminal of a presynaptic neuron of the central or peripheral nervous system and travel across the synaptic cleft to either excite or inhibit the target cell. Among the many substances that have the properties of a neurotransmitter are acetylcholine, noradrenaline, adrenaline, dopamine, glycine, gamma-aminobutyrate, glutamic acid, substance P, enkephalins, endorphins and serotonin." [CHEBI:25512, GOC:dph] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0008021 2/169 synaptic vesicle cellular_component "A secretory organelle, some 50 nm in diameter, of presynaptic nerve terminals; accumulates in high concentrations of neurotransmitters and secretes these into the synaptic cleft by fusion with the 'active zone' of the presynaptic plasma membrane." [PMID:10099709] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0005484 2/169 SNAP receptor activity molecular_function "Acting as a marker to identify a membrane and interacting selectively with one or more SNAREs on another membrane to mediate membrane fusion." [GOC:mah, PMID:14570579] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0030672 1/169 synaptic vesicle membrane cellular_component "The lipid bilayer surrounding a synaptic vesicle." [GOC:mah] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0030054 1/169 cell junction cellular_component "A cellular component that forms a specialized region of connection between two or more cells or between a cell and the extracellular matrix. At a cell junction, anchoring proteins extend through the plasma membrane to link cytoskeletal proteins in one cell to cytoskeletal proteins in neighboring cells or to proteins in the extracellular matrix." [GOC:mah, http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/cmb/cells/pmemb/junctions_a.html, ISBN:0198506732] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0005515 1/169 protein binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any protein or protein complex (a complex of two or more proteins that may include other nonprotein molecules)." [GOC:go_curators] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0004871 1/169 signal transducer activity molecular_function "Conveys a signal across a cell to trigger a change in cell function or state. A signal is a physical entity or change in state that is used to transfer information in order to trigger a response." [GOC:go_curators] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0035149 1/169 lumen formation, open tracheal system biological_process "Creation of the central hole of a tube in an open tracheal system through which gases flow." [GOC:bf, GOC:mtg_sensu] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0043005 1/169 neuron projection cellular_component "A prolongation or process extending from a nerve cell, e.g. an axon or dendrite." [GOC:jl, http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/] EOG80ZTF7 GO:0043195 1/169 terminal bouton cellular_component "Terminal inflated portion of the axon, containing the specialized apparatus necessary to release neurotransmitters. The axon terminus is considered to be the whole region of thickening and the terminal bouton is a specialized region of it." [GOC:dph, GOC:mc, GOC:nln, PMID:10218156, PMID:8409967]