Term Information

Accession
GO:0008519
Name
ammonium transmembrane transporter activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
ammonia transmembrane transporter activity, ammonium channel activity
Alternate IDs
GO:0015251, GO:0051739
Definition
Enables the transfer of ammonium from one side of a membrane to the other. Ammonium is the cation NH4+ which is formed from N2 by root-nodule bacteria in leguminous plants and is an excretory product in ammonotelic animals. Source: PMID:17710640
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008519 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of ammonium transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0008519)
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ammonium transmembrane transporter activity [is_a relation] is_a  inorganic cation transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0022890)
ammonium transmembrane transporter activity [is_a relation] is_a  channel activity (GO:0015267)
ammonium transmembrane transporter activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ammonium transmembrane transport (GO:0072488)
Children of ammonium transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0008519)
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low-affinity secondary active ammonium transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015400) [is_a relation] is_a  ammonium transmembrane transporter activity
high-affinity secondary active ammonium transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015398) [is_a relation] is_a  ammonium transmembrane transporter activity