Secretory protein

A secretory protein is any protein, whether it be endocrine or exocrine, which is secreted by a cell. Secretory proteins include many hormones, enzymes, toxins, and antimicrobial peptides. Secretory proteins are synthesized in the endoplasmic reticulum.^[1]

^ Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, Matsudaira P, Baltimore D, Darnell J (2000). "Chapter 17.3: Overview of the Secretory Pathway". Molecular Cell Biology (4th ed.). W. H. Freeman. ISBN 978-0-7167-3706-3.

[1] Lodish H, Berk A, Zipursky SL, Matsudaira P, Baltimore D, Darnell J (2000). "Chapter 17.3: Overview of the Secretory Pathway". Molecular Cell Biology (4th ed.). W. H. Freeman. ISBN 978-0-7167-3706-3.

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