cargo receptor activity

Binding specifically to a substance (cargo) to deliver it to a transport vesicle. Cargo receptors span a membrane (either the plasma membrane or a vesicle membrane), binding simultaneously to cargo molecules and coat adaptors, to efficiently recruit soluble proteins to nascent vesicles.

• Code: GO:0038024
• Source: Gene Ontology
• Alternative labels: transport receptor activity receptor activity receptor activity involved in receptor-mediated endocytosis endocytic receptor activity