release of cytochrome c from mitochondria

id: GO:0001836
name: release of cytochrome c from mitochondria
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The process that results in the movement of cytochrome c from the mitochondrial intermembrane space into the cytosol, which is an early step in apoptosis and leads to caspase activation.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0008637apoptotic mitochondrial changes