| id | GO:0060087 Detailed information
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| name | relaxation of vascular smooth muscle
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "A process in which the extent of vascular smooth muscle contraction is reduced. Vascular smooth muscle relaxation is mediated via a decrease in the phosphorylation state of myosin light chain. This can be achieved by removal of calcium from the cytoplasm to the sarcoplasmic reticulum lumen through the action of Ca2+ ATPases leading to a decrease myosin light chain kinase activity, and through calcium-independent pathways leading to a increase in myosin light chain phosphatase activity." [GOC:dph, PMID:15867178, PMID:19996365]
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| synonym | "vascular smooth muscle relaxation" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0045986 ! negative regulation of smooth muscle contraction
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| is_a | GO:0090075 ! relaxation of muscle
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| relationship | part_of GO:0042311 ! vasodilation
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