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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
A molecular function representing the directed movement of electrons from one molecular entity to another, typically mediated by electron carriers or acceptors, resulting in the transfer of energy and/or the reduction-oxidation (redox) transformation of chemical species. This activity is fundamental to various biological processes, including cellular respiration and photosynthesis, as well as numerous enzymatic reactions involved in metabolic pathways. Source: Wikipedia:Electron_transfer
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009055 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
goslim_metagenomics
goslim_pir
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Parents of electron transfer activity (GO:0009055)
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electron transfer activity [is_a relation] is_a  molecular_function (GO:0003674)
Children of electron transfer activity (GO:0009055)
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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
electron transfer flavoprotein complex (GO:0045251) [RO:0002215 relation] RO:0002215  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
negative regulation of electron transfer activity (GO:1904733) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  electron transfer activity
ubiquinol-cytochrome-c reductase activity (GO:0008121) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
regulation of electron transfer activity (GO:1904732) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  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
electron transporter, transferring electrons within cytochrome b6/f complex of photosystem II activity (GO:0045158) [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
plastoquinol--plastocyanin reductase activity (GO:0009496) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
electron-transferring-flavoprotein dehydrogenase activity (GO:0004174) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
cytochrome bo3 ubiquinol oxidase activity (GO:0009486) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity
cytochrome-c oxidase activity (GO:0004129) [is_a relation] is_a  electron transfer activity