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Accession
GO:0005488
Name
binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
ligand
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:ceb, GOC:mah
Comment
Note that this term is in the subset of terms that should not be used for direct, manual gene product annotation. Please choose a more specific child term, or request a new one if no suitable term is available. For ligands that bind to signal transducing receptors, consider the molecular function term 'receptor binding ; GO:0005102' and its children.
History
See term history for GO:0005488 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
gocheck_do_not_annotate
goslim_plant
goslim_pir
Include "regulates"
For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

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Parents of binding (GO:0005488)
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binding [is_a relation] is_a  molecular_function (GO:0003674)
Children of binding (GO:0005488)
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small molecule binding (GO:0036094) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
lipid binding (GO:0008289) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
toxic substance binding (GO:0015643) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
organic cyclic compound binding (GO:0097159) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
molecular carrier activity (GO:0140104) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  binding
molecular adaptor activity (GO:0060090) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  binding
positive regulation of binding (GO:0051099) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  binding
regulation of binding (GO:0051098) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  binding
extracellular matrix binding (GO:0050840) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
negative regulation of binding (GO:0051100) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  binding
prosthetic group binding (GO:0051192) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
cellulosome binding (GO:1990300) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
sulfur compound binding (GO:1901681) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
odorant binding (GO:0005549) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
host cell surface binding (GO:0046812) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
flavonoid binding (GO:0097243) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
protein binding (GO:0005515) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
carbohydrate binding (GO:0030246) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
amine binding (GO:0043176) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
carbohydrate derivative binding (GO:0097367) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
intermediate filament binding (GO:0019215) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
pigment binding (GO:0031409) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
kinetochore binding (GO:0043515) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
hormone binding (GO:0042562) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
amide binding (GO:0033218) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
modified amino acid binding (GO:0072341) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
protein-containing complex binding (GO:0044877) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
antigen binding (GO:0003823) [is_a relation] is_a  binding
synthetic cannabinoid binding (GO:1904483) [is_a relation] is_a  binding