A possible mechanism of release of posterior pituitary hormones involving adenosine triphosphate and an adenosine triphosphatase in the neurosecretory granules.
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002712:Chlorides / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008274:Magnesium / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D009489:Neurosecretion; D010121:Oxytocin / Q000378:metabolism; D010909:Pituitary Hormones, Posterior / Q000378:metabolism*; D011189:Potassium Chloride / Q000494:pharmacology; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase / Q000494:pharmacology; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000494:pharmacology; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D014667:Vasopressins / Q000378:metabolism
D002712:Chlorides; D010909:Pituitary Hormones, Posterior; D011506:Proteins; D011773:Pyruvates; D014667:Vasopressins; D010121:Oxytocin; D011189:Potassium Chloride; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D011770:Pyruvate Kinase; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D008274:Magnesium