insulin secretion
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0030073
The regulated release of proinsulin from secretory granules accompanied by cleavage of proinsulin to form mature insulin. In vertebrates, insulin is secreted from B granules in the B cells of the vertebrate pancreas and from insulin-producing cells in insects. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0198506732&isbn=1/ GOC:mah ]
Term info
biological_process
GO:0030073
https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/11255#issuecomment-426191045
Term relations
- peptide hormone secretion
- protein secretion
- has primary input some insulin gene translation product
- only in taxon some Eumetazoa
- in taxon only Eumetazoa