iron ion transmembrane transporter inhibitor activity
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0097690
Binds to and stops, prevents, or reduces the activity of an iron ion transmembrane transporter. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15514116 GOC:BHF GOC:kom ]
Synonyms: iron channel inhibitor activity
Term info
An example of this is human hepcidin (UniProt symbol P81172), which regulates iron transport out of cells (see PMID:15514116).
molecular_function
GO:0097690