Term Information

Accession
GO:0015091
Name
ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Enables the transfer of ferric iron (Fe(III) or Fe3+) ions from one side of a membrane to the other. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
Ferric iron is rarely transported in the free form. Some bacteria have a system in which an outer membrane protein takes iron away from host ferritin or lactoferrin and transport it to a Fe3+ binding protein in the periplasm. The periplasmic protein then delivers the Fe3+ to a transport system located in the cytoplasmic membrane. Consider also GO:0015343 siderophore transmembrane transporter activity.
History
See term history for GO:0015091 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015091)
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ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity [is_a relation] is_a  salt transmembrane transporter activity (GO:1901702)
ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity [is_a relation] is_a  iron ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0005381)
ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity [is_a relation] is_a  sulfur compound transmembrane transporter activity (GO:1901682)
Children of ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015091)
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ABC-type ferric iron transporter activity (GO:0015408) [is_a relation] is_a  ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity
high-affinity ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015092) [is_a relation] is_a  ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity
low-affinity ferric iron ion transmembrane transporter activity (GO:0015090) [is_a relation] is_a  ferric iron transmembrane transporter activity
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