Category:GO:0043190 ! ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter complex

name: ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporter complex
namespace: cellular_component
alt_id: GO:0043191
alt_id: GO:0043192
def: "A complex for the transport of metabolites into and out of the cell, typically comprised of four domains; two membrane-associated domains and two ATP-binding domains at the intracellular face of the membrane, that form a central pore through the plasma membrane. Each of the four core domains may be encoded as a separate polypeptide or the domains can be fused in any one of a number of ways into multidomain polypeptides. In Bacteria and Archaebacteria, ABC transporters also include substrate binding proteins to bind substrate external to the cytoplasm and deliver it to the transporter." [GOC:jl, GOC:mtg_sensu, PMID:11421269, PMID:15111107]
subset: goslim_metagenomics
subset: goslim_pir
synonym: "ABC-type efflux permease complex" NARROW []
synonym: "ABC-type efflux porter complex" NARROW []
synonym: "ABC-type uptake permease complex" NARROW []
synonym: "mating pheromone exporter" NARROW []
is_a: GO:0098533 ! ATPase dependent transmembrane transport complex
is_a: GO:0098797 ! plasma membrane protein complex

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0043190</GOterm>
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