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GO:0006944 membrane fusion

The joining of two lipid bilayers to form a single membrane.

Term Information

ID GO:0006944
Name membrane fusion
Ontology Biological Process
Definition The joining of two lipid bilayers to form a single membrane.
Comment

GO Slims

This term is present in the following GO Consortium-maintained GO slims:
GO slim nameCount of all terms
goslim_goa62

Cross-references associated with this term:

Database ID
Wikipedia Lipid_bilayer_fusion
INTERPRO IPR002552

This term can be used instead of these obsolete terms:

GO:0008576 vesicle-fusing ATPase activity (consider GO:0006944)

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0016043 cellular component organization
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0016044 membrane organization
GO:0006944 membrane fusion

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Child Terms

All direct descendants (child terms) available for this GO term:
I GO:0042144 vacuole fusion, non-autophagic
I GO:0019064 viral envelope fusion with host membrane
I GO:0045026 plasma membrane fusion
I GO:0006906 vesicle fusion
I GO:0016189 synaptic vesicle to endosome fusion
I GO:0000046 autophagic vacuole fusion
I GO:0000740 nuclear membrane fusion
I GO:0016320 endoplasmic reticulum membrane fusion
I GO:0002078 membrane fusion involved in acrosome reaction
I GO:0008053 mitochondrial fusion

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Protein Annotation

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