obsolete synaptic vesicle docking https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/31880 true This term was obsoleted because it represents a molecular function. Annotations should be transferred to GO:0160321 vesicle docking activity or GO:7770062 vesicle membrane tethering activity. OBSOLETE. The initial (indirect) attachment of a synaptic vesicle membrane to the presynaptic active zone membrane, mediated by proteins protruding from the membrane and proteins of the presynaptic active zone cytoplasmic component. Synaptic vesicle tethering is the first step in this process. biological_process GO:0016081 vesicle docking activity vesicle membrane tethering activity