ammonium transmembrane transporter activity

id: GO:0008519
name: ammonium transmembrane transporter activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Catalysis of 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.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0015251ammonium channel activity
GO:0015398high affinity secondary active ammonium transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0015400low affinity secondary active ammonium transmembrane transporter activity

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0015101organic cation transmembrane transporter activity
GO:0022890inorganic cation transmembrane transporter activity