Term Details for "transporter activity" (GO:0005215) (original) (raw)

Accession

GO:0005215

Name

transporter activity

Ontology

molecular_function

Synonyms

carrier

Alternate IDs

GO:0005478

Definition

Enables the directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into, out of or within a cell, accross or in between cells.Source: GOC:dgf,GOC:ai

Comment

Some transporters, such as certain members of the SLC family, are referred to as 'carriers'; however GO uses carrier with a different meaning: a carrier binds to and transports the substance (see GO:0140104 molecular carrier activity), whereas a transporter forms some pore that allows the passing of molecules.

History

See term history for GO:0005215 at QuickGO

Chem. react.

None

Subset

gocheck_do_not_annotate

goslim_chembl

goslim_generic

goslim_mouse

goslim_pir

goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon

goslim_metagenomics

goslim_flybase_ribbon

goslim_plant

goslim_plant_ribbon

goslim_agr

goslim_candida

goslim_prokaryote_ribbon

goslim_prokaryote

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