GO Term : GO:0045202 synapse GO

Namespace  cellular_component Obsolete  false
description  The junction between a nerve fiber of one neuron and another neuron or muscle fiber or glial cell; the site of interneuronal communication. As the nerve fiber approaches the synapse it enlarges into a specialized structure, the presynaptic nerve ending, which contains mitochondria and synaptic vesicles. At the tip of the nerve ending is the presynaptic membrane; facing it, and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft) is a specialized area of membrane on the receiving cell, known as the postsynaptic membrane. In response to the arrival of nerve impulses, the presynaptic nerve ending secretes molecules of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. These diffuse across the cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane.

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1 Ontology

Name
GO

2 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0005575 cellular_component The part of a cell or its extracellular environment in which a gene product is located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together.
GO:0045202 synapse The junction between a nerve fiber of one neuron and another neuron or muscle fiber or glial cell; the site of interneuronal communication. As the nerve fiber approaches the synapse it enlarges into a specialized structure, the presynaptic nerve ending, which contains mitochondria and synaptic vesicles. At the tip of the nerve ending is the presynaptic membrane; facing it, and separated from it by a minute cleft (the synaptic cleft) is a specialized area of membrane on the receiving cell, known as the postsynaptic membrane. In response to the arrival of nerve impulses, the presynaptic nerve ending secretes molecules of neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft. These diffuse across the cleft and transmit the signal to the postsynaptic membrane.

0 Protein

65 Relations

Relationship
Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
part of GO:0045202 GO:0008021
part of GO:0045202 GO:0014069
part of GO:0045202 GO:0030129
part of GO:0045202 GO:0030285
part of GO:0045202 GO:0030672
is_a GO:0045202 GO:0031594
is_a GO:0045202 GO:0032279
is_a GO:0045202 GO:0032280
part of GO:0045202 GO:0032591
part of GO:0045202 GO:0034592
part of GO:0045202 GO:0036062
part of GO:0045202 GO:0042734
part of GO:0045202 GO:0043083
part of GO:0045202 GO:0043195
part of GO:0045202 GO:0043197
part of GO:0045202 GO:0044326
part of GO:0045202 GO:0044327
part of GO:0045202 GO:0044456
is_a GO:0005575 GO:0045202
part of GO:0045202 GO:0045211
part of GO:0045202 GO:0048786
part of GO:0045202 GO:0048787
part of GO:0045202 GO:0048788
is_a GO:0045202 GO:0060076
is_a GO:0045202 GO:0060077
part of GO:0045202 GO:0061174
part of GO:0045202 GO:0061175
part of GO:0045202 GO:0061176
part of GO:0045202 GO:0061177
part of GO:0045202 GO:0071212

3 Synonyms

Name Type
electrotonic synapse synonym
synaptic junction synonym
mixed synapse synonym