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iron ion transmembrane transporter activity

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Enables the transfer of iron (Fe) ions from one side of a membrane to the other. [ ]

Term info

Label

iron ion transmembrane transporter activity

Synonyms
  • iron cation channel activity
  • iron channel activity
  • iron transporter activity
  • transmembrane iron ion permease activity
  • transmembrane iron permease activity
database cross reference
comment

An example of this is mouse ferroportin (UniProtKB:Q9JHI9), which transports iron out of the cell. Merged terms, see https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/17162.

has alternative id

GO:0097689, GO:0005382, GO:0016033

has obo namespace

molecular_function

has related synonym

zinc, iron permease activity, multicopper ferroxidase iron transport mediator activity

id

GO:0005381