FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

heme transport

ID (Ontology)

GO:0015886 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The directed movement of heme, any compound of iron complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring, into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore.

Also Known As

"haem transport"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
heme transport (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| heme transport

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

transport
 |__nitrogen compound transport_________
iron ion transport                      |
 |__iron coordination entity transport__|
                                        heme transport  4 rec.
                                         |__heme export 3 rec.
                                         |__heme import into cell
                                         |   |__endocytic heme import into cell
                                         |   |__heme import across plasma membrane
                                         |__heme transmembrane transport
                                             |__heme export from vacuole to cytoplasm
                                             |__heme import across plasma membrane

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Is a	nitrogen compound transport iron coordination entity transport
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"haem transport" EXACT
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