Term Information

Accession
GO:0005381
Name
iron ion transmembrane transporter activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
iron cation channel activity, iron channel activity, iron transporter activity, transmembrane iron ion permease activity, transmembrane iron permease activity, multicopper ferroxidase iron transport mediator activity, zinc, iron permease activity
Alternate IDs
GO:0016033, GO:0005382, GO:0097689
Definition
Enables the transfer of iron (Fe) ions from one side of a membrane to the other. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
An example of this is mouse ferroportin (UniProtKB:Q9JHI9), which transports iron out of the cell.
History
See term history for GO:0005381 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of iron ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0005381)
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iron ion transmembrane transporter activity [is_a relation] is_a  transition metal ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0046915)
iron ion transmembrane transporter activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  iron ion transmembrane transport (GO:0034755)
Children of iron ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0005381)
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ferrous iron transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015093) [is_a relation] is_a  iron ion transmembrane transporter activity
regulation of iron ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:1904254) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  iron ion transmembrane transporter activity
positive regulation of iron ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:1904256) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  iron ion transmembrane transporter activity
ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015091) [is_a relation] is_a  iron ion transmembrane transporter activity
negative regulation of iron ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:1904255) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  iron ion transmembrane transporter activity