GO Term : GO:0003823 antigen binding GO

Namespace:  molecular_function Obsolete:  false
description  Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an antigen, any substance which is capable of inducing a specific immune response and of reacting with the products of that response, the specific antibody or specifically sensitized T-lymphocytes, or both. Binding may counteract the biological activity of the antigen.

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1 Ontology

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GO

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3 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0005488 binding The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule.
GO:0003674 molecular_function Elemental activities, such as catalysis or binding, describing the actions of a gene product at the molecular level. A given gene product may exhibit one or more molecular functions.
GO:0003823 antigen binding Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an antigen, any substance which is capable of inducing a specific immune response and of reacting with the products of that response, the specific antibody or specifically sensitized T-lymphocytes, or both. Binding may counteract the biological activity of the antigen.

18 Relations

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Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
is_a GO:0005488 GO:0003823
is_a GO:0003674 GO:0003823
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0023023
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0023024
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0023025
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0023026
part of GO:0003823 GO:0023027
part of GO:0003823 GO:0023030
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0030882
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0030883
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0030884
is_a GO:0003823 GO:0042605
part of GO:0003823 GO:0042658
has_part GO:0003823 GO:0097279
has_part GO:0003823 GO:0097280
has_part GO:0003823 GO:0097281
has_part GO:0003823 GO:0097282
is_a GO:0003823 GO:1990405

4 Synonyms

Name Type
antibody synonym
B cell receptor activity synonym
opsonin activity synonym
immunoglobulin synonym