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GO: Biological Process

clathrin coat disassembly

Term ID
GO:0072318
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. (3)
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