Term Information

Accession
GO:0009055
Name
electron transfer activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
electron carrier, electron transporter activity, electron acceptor activity, electron donor activity
Alternate IDs
GO:0009054, GO:0009053
Definition
Any molecular entity that serves as an electron acceptor and electron donor in an electron transport chain. An electron transport chain is a process in which a series of electron carriers operate together to transfer electrons from donors to any of several different terminal electron acceptors to generate a transmembrane electrochemical gradient. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
Note that this term should only be be used for electron transfer that generates a transmembrane electrochemical gradient, e.g. components of the respiratory or photosynthetic electron transport chain.
History
See term history for GO:0009055 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_metagenomics
goslim_pir
Feedback
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Parents of electron transfer activity (GO:0009055)
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electron transfer activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  electron transport chain (GO:0022900)
electron transfer activity [is_a relation] is_a  oxidoreductase activity (GO:0016491)
Children of electron transfer activity (GO:0009055)
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electron-transferring-flavoprotein dehydrogenase activity (GO:0004174) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
electron transporter, transferring electrons from cytochrome b6/f complex of photosystem II activity (GO:0046028) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
cytochrome-c oxidase activity (GO:0004129) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
electron transporter, transferring electrons within the cyclic electron transport pathway of photosynthesis activity (GO:0045156) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
ubiquinol-cytochrome-c reductase activity (GO:0008121) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
electron transporter, transferring electrons within the noncyclic electron transport pathway of photosynthesis activity (GO:0045157) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
regulation of electron transfer activity (GO:1904732) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  electron transfer activity
nitrate reductase activity involved in anaerobic electron transport chain (GO:1903264) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
electron transporter, transferring electrons within cytochrome b6/f complex of photosystem II activity (GO:0045158) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
cytochrome bo3 ubiquinol oxidase activity (GO:0009486) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
positive regulation of electron transfer activity (GO:1904734) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  electron transfer activity
NADH dehydrogenase (ubiquinone) activity (GO:0008137) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
negative regulation of electron transfer activity (GO:1904733) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  electron transfer activity