OBSOLETE. Enables the directed movement of heavy metal ions into, out of or within a cell, or between cells. Heavy metals are those that can form a coordination bond with a protein, as opposed to an alkali or alkaline-earth metal that can only form an ionic bond; this definition includes the following biologically relevant heavy metals: Cd, Co, Cu, Fe, Hg, Mn, Mo, Ni, V, W, Zn.
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This term was made obsolete because 'heavy metal' is an ambiguous grouping term which has no set meaning (see Pure Appl. Chem. Vol. 74, No. 5, pp. 793-807, 2002, for more information).
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to all genes and gene products annotated to obsolete heavy metal ion transporter activity (excluding "regulates").
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to all direct and indirect annotations
to obsolete heavy metal ion transporter activity (excluding "regulates").
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for obsolete heavy metal ion transporter activity (excluding "regulates").
