Ammonia transport
cv_term_accession
KW-0924
canonical
uniprot_keyword
KW-0924
canonical
name
Ammonia transport
uniprot
synonym
Ammonium transport
uniprot
definition
Protein involved in the transport of ammonia/ammonium. Ammonia is an excellent nitrogen source for many bacteria, fungi, and plants, but it can be cytotoxic, especially for animal cells at high concentration. Its transport across cellular membranes is thus of high biological relevance. Ammonia (NH3) is a weak base and exists predominantly as the ammonium ion (NH4+) in biological fluids.
uniprot
keywords
is_obsolete
false
uniprot
keywords
ontology_id
uniprot_keywords
uniprot
keywords