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GO:0015171 amino acid transmembrane transporter activity

Catalysis of the transfer of amino acids from one side of a membrane to the other. Amino acids are organic molecules that contain an amino group and a carboxyl group.

Term Information

ID GO:0015171
Name amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
Ontology Molecular Function
Definition Catalysis of the transfer of amino acids from one side of a membrane to the other. Amino acids are organic molecules that contain an amino group and a carboxyl group.
Comment

Synonyms

Type Synonym
exact amino acid permease activity
broad amino acid transporter activity
narrow amino acid/choline transmembrane transporter activity
related general amino acid permease activity
narrow hydroxy/aromatic amino acid permease activity

Cross-references associated with this term:

Database ID
INTERPRO IPR005892
INTERPRO IPR002293

This term can be used instead of these obsolete terms:

GO:0005281 general amino acid permease activity (replaced_by GO:0015171)
GO:0015358 amino acid/choline transmembrane transporter activity (consider GO:0015171)
GO:0015507 hydroxy/aromatic amino acid permease activity (consider GO:0015171)

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GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0005215 transporter activity
GO:0022857 transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0022892 substrate-specific transporter activity
GO:0022804 active transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0022891 substrate-specific transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0005342 organic acid transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0046943 carboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0005275 amine transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0015171 amino acid transmembrane transporter activity

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Child Terms

All direct descendants (child terms) available for this GO term:
I GO:0000099 sulfur amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015172 acidic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015173 aromatic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015174 basic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015175 neutral amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015179 L-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015569 p-aminobenzoyl-glutamate transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015424 amino acid-transporting ATPase activity
I GO:0042943 D-amino acid transmembrane transporter activity
I GO:0015658 branched-chain aliphatic amino acid transmembrane transporter activity

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Protein Annotation

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Qualifier colocalizes_with contributes_to NOT NOT|colocalizes_with NOT|contributes_to
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