Binding specifically to a substance (cargo) to deliver it to a transport vesicle. Cargo receptors span membranes (for instance the plasma membrane or the endoplasmic reticulum membrane), binding simultaneously to cargo molecules and coat adaptors, to efficiently recruit the cargo molecules to nascent vesicles. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15239958 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27903609 ]

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Term information

Subsets

goslim_generic, goslim_drosophila

comment

Notes: (1) For receptors binding a molecule but coupled to a signal transduction pathway, consider instead the term 'signaling receptor activity ; GO:0038023' and its children. (2) Cargo receptors transport substances by vesicular transport, not by transmembrane transport. For transmembrane transporters, consider instead the term 'transmembrane transporter activity ; GO:0022857'.

creation date

2011-08-01T02:50:45Z

has broad synonym

transport receptor activity

receptor activity

has narrow synonym

endocytic receptor activity

receptor activity involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis

has obo namespace

molecular_function

id

GO:0038024

term tracker item

https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/26872