protein secretion by the type III secretion system
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The process in which proteins are transferred into the extracellular milieu or directly into host cells by the bacterial type III secretion system; secretion occurs in a continuous process without the distinct presence of periplasmic intermediates and does not involve proteolytic processing of secreted proteins. [ GOC:pamgo_curators ]
Synonyms: protein secretion by the T3S type III protein secretion system protein secretion by the TTSS protein secretion by the T3SS protein secretion by the type III protein secretion system
Term information
Note that this term represents an activity and not a cellular structure. Consider also annotating to the cellular component term 'type III protein secretion system complex ; GO:0030257'. Note that this term is used for annotation of proteins that compose the secretion complex but not the proteins being secreted.