Term Name: | clathrin coat disassembly |
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Synonyms: | clathrin-coat disassembly, clathrin-coat uncoating, clathrin-coated vesicle uncoating |
Definition: | The disaggregation of a clathrin coat into its constituent components; results in stripping or removing the clathrin coat from clathrin-coated vesicles (CCV) before fusing with their targets. CVVs transport cargo from plasma membrane and trans-Golgi to the endosomal system. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0072318] QuickGO AmiGO |