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GO:0009055 electron carrier activity

Any molecular entity that serves as an electron acceptor and electron donor in an electron transport system.

Term Information

ID GO:0009055
Name electron carrier activity
Ontology Molecular Function
Definition Any molecular entity that serves as an electron acceptor and electron donor in an electron transport system.
Comment

GO Slims

This term is present in the following GO Consortium-maintained GO slims:
GO slim nameCount of all terms
goslim_generic127
goslim_goa62
goslim_pir469

Synonyms

Type Synonym
narrow electron transfer flavoprotein
narrow electron transfer flavoprotein, group I
narrow electron transfer flavoprotein, group II
narrow rubredoxin
narrow small blue copper electron carrier
narrow thioredoxin-like 2Fe-2S ferredoxin
related electron carrier, chlorophyll electron transport system
narrow dicluster bacterial-type ferredoxin
narrow copper electron carrier
narrow chloroplast-type ferredoxin
narrow bacterial-type ferredoxin
narrow azurin
narrow amicyanin
narrow adrenodoxin-type ferredoxin
narrow 3Fe-4S/4Fe-4S electron transfer carrier
narrow 2Fe-2S electron transfer carrier
narrow electron acceptor activity
narrow electron donor activity
narrow redox-active disulfide bond electron carrier
narrow polyferredoxin
narrow mononuclear iron electron carrier
narrow monocluster bacterial-type ferredoxin
narrow iron-sulfur electron transfer carrier
narrow high-potential iron-sulfur carrier
exact electron transporter activity

Cross-references associated with this term:

Database ID
INTERPRO IPR002023
INTERPRO IPR014368
INTERPRO IPR002585
INTERPRO IPR011577
INTERPRO IPR011759
INTERPRO IPR011808
INTERPRO IPR008274
INTERPRO IPR001433
INTERPRO IPR002346
INTERPRO IPR005797
INTERPRO IPR005798
INTERPRO IPR007698
INTERPRO IPR006655
INTERPRO IPR006658
INTERPRO IPR008142
INTERPRO IPR008143
INTERPRO IPR015089
INTERPRO IPR004489
INTERPRO IPR001100
INTERPRO IPR018298
INTERPRO IPR004137
INTERPRO IPR004104
INTERPRO IPR004112
INTERPRO IPR002888
INTERPRO IPR012169
INTERPRO IPR010208
INTERPRO IPR010209
INTERPRO IPR011136
INTERPRO IPR008333
INTERPRO IPR013764
INTERPRO IPR001709
INTERPRO IPR001613
INTERPRO IPR016003
INTERPRO IPR016440
INTERPRO IPR006066
INTERPRO IPR006067
INTERPRO IPR006093
INTERPRO IPR008953
INTERPRO IPR018527
INTERPRO IPR008150
INTERPRO IPR002869
INTERPRO IPR002742
INTERPRO IPR000778
INTERPRO IPR002937
INTERPRO IPR002880
INTERPRO IPR000049
INTERPRO IPR000170
INTERPRO IPR001041
INTERPRO IPR000813
INTERPRO IPR004039
INTERPRO IPR001052
INTERPRO IPR001055
INTERPRO IPR011536
INTERPRO IPR001080
INTERPRO IPR001094
INTERPRO IPR001135
INTERPRO IPR001243
INTERPRO IPR001235
INTERPRO IPR001308
INTERPRO IPR001450
INTERPRO IPR011767
INTERPRO IPR002109
INTERPRO IPR002321
INTERPRO IPR010980
INTERPRO IPR009155
INTERPRO IPR012253
INTERPRO IPR002322
INTERPRO IPR017941
INTERPRO IPR013475
INTERPRO IPR003819
INTERPRO IPR001834
INTERPRO IPR003680
INTERPRO IPR007266
INTERPRO IPR000923
INTERPRO IPR013130
INTERPRO IPR011901
INTERPRO IPR013352
INTERPRO IPR012139
INTERPRO IPR014233
INTERPRO IPR002323
INTERPRO IPR003088
INTERPRO IPR002324
INTERPRO IPR002325
INTERPRO IPR002326
INTERPRO IPR002327
INTERPRO IPR009056
INTERPRO IPR011133
INTERPRO IPR012125
INTERPRO IPR002386
INTERPRO IPR011345
INTERPRO IPR011902
INTERPRO IPR012049
INTERPRO IPR012126
INTERPRO IPR012127
INTERPRO IPR012218
INTERPRO IPR012232
INTERPRO IPR012255
INTERPRO IPR002387
INTERPRO IPR003158
INTERPRO IPR000951
INTERPRO IPR008255
INTERPRO IPR008259
INTERPRO IPR003177
INTERPRO IPR003245
INTERPRO IPR004496
INTERPRO IPR004502
INTERPRO IPR005746
INTERPRO IPR006058
INTERPRO IPR007763
INTERPRO IPR007802
INTERPRO IPR008168
INTERPRO IPR009152
INTERPRO IPR009153
INTERPRO IPR009154
INTERPRO IPR009157
INTERPRO IPR010241
INTERPRO IPR010207
INTERPRO IPR003097
INTERPRO IPR018495
INTERPRO IPR000516
INTERPRO IPR000572
INTERPRO IPR000674
INTERPRO IPR000701
INTERPRO IPR000759
INTERPRO IPR000823
INTERPRO IPR000883
INTERPRO IPR001221
INTERPRO IPR001128
INTERPRO IPR001203
INTERPRO IPR001226
INTERPRO IPR001246
INTERPRO IPR001479
INTERPRO IPR005884
INTERPRO IPR003952
INTERPRO IPR003953
INTERPRO IPR017927
INTERPRO IPR017900

This term can be used instead of these obsolete terms:

GO:0015000 polyferredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0015001 high-potential iron-sulfur carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0015003 copper electron carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0015004 small blue copper electron carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0015005 azurin (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0015007 electron carrier, chlorophyll electron transport system (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0015040 electron transfer flavoprotein, group I (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0015041 electron transfer flavoprotein, group II (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0008246 electron transfer flavoprotein (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009457 flavodoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009460 cytochrome b (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009462 cytochrome d (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009464 cytochrome b5 (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009466 class I cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0008042 iron-sulfur electron transfer carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0005489 electron transporter activity (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0000047 Rieske iron-sulfur protein (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0030067 respiratory chain cytochrome b6 (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0018997 electron transfer carrier (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0015933 flavin-containing electron transporter (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009467 monoheme class I cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009468 diheme class I cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009469 class II cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009470 class IIa cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009471 class III cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009472 cytochrome c3 (tetraheme) (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009473 cytochrome c7 (triheme) (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009474 nonaheme cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009475 high-molecular-weight cytochrome c (hexadecaheme) (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009476 class IV cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009478 cytochrome c554 (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009480 class IIb cytochrome c (consider GO:0009055)
GO:0009488 amicyanin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009489 rubredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009490 mononuclear iron electron carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009491 redox-active disulfide bond electron carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009492 2Fe-2S electron transfer carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009493 adrenodoxin-type ferredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009494 chloroplast-type ferredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009495 thioredoxin-like 2Fe-2S ferredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009497 3Fe-4S/4Fe-4S electron transfer carrier (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009498 bacterial-type ferredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009499 monocluster bacterial-type ferredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)
GO:0009500 dicluster bacterial-type ferredoxin (replaced_by GO:0009055)

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GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0009055 electron carrier activity

Relationship key

Code Relationship
part of
is a
regulates
+ve regulates
-ve regulates

Child Terms

All direct descendants (child terms) available for this GO term:
I GO:0045153 electron transporter, transferring electrons within CoQH2-cytochrome c reductase complex activity
I GO:0045154 electron transporter, transferring electrons within cytochrome c oxidase complex activity
I GO:0045155 electron transporter, transferring electrons from CoQH2-cytochrome c reductase complex and cytochrome c oxidase complex activity
I GO:0045156 electron transporter, transferring electrons within the cyclic electron transport pathway of photosynthesis activity
I GO:0045157 electron transporter, transferring electrons within the noncyclic electron transport pathway of photosynthesis activity
I GO:0045158 electron transporter, transferring electrons within cytochrome b6/f complex of photosystem II activity
I GO:0046028 electron transporter, transferring electrons from cytochrome b6/f complex of photosystem II activity

Relationship key

CodeRelationship
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Iis a

Protein Annotation

DB
ID
Qualifier colocalizes_with contributes_to NOT NOT|colocalizes_with NOT|contributes_to
GO Term
Reference
Evidence IMP IGI IPI IGC ISS IDA IEP IEA TAS NAS ND IC RCA ISA EXP
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