Category:GO:0015225 ! biotin transmembrane transporter activity

id: GO:0015225

name: biotin transmembrane transporter activity
namespace: molecular_function
alt_id: GO:1901603
def: "Enables the transfer of biotin from one side of a membrane to the other. Biotin is cis-tetrahydro-2-oxothieno(3,4-d)imidazoline-4-valeric acid; the (+) enantiomer is very widely distributed in cells and serves as a carrier in a number of enzymatic beta-carboxylation reactions." [GOC:ai]
synonym: "biotin transporter activity" RELATED []
synonym: "vitamin B7 transporter activity" RELATED []
synonym: "vitamin H transporter activity" RELATED []
xref: MetaCyc:TRANS-RXN0-240
is_a: GO:0008028 ! monocarboxylic acid transmembrane transporter activity
is_a: GO:0042887 ! amide transmembrane transporter activity
is_a: GO:0090482 ! vitamin transmembrane transporter activity
is_a: GO:1901682 ! sulfur compound transmembrane transporter activity
relationship: part_of: GO:0015878 ! biotin transport

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0015225</GOterm>
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