GO Term : GO:0046906 tetrapyrrole binding GO

Namespace:  molecular_function Obsolete:  false
description  Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.

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1 Ontology

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5 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:1901363 heterocyclic compound binding Interacting selectively and non-covalently with heterocyclic compound.
GO:0097159 organic cyclic compound binding Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an organic cyclic compound, any molecular entity that contains carbon arranged in a cyclic molecular structure.
GO:0046906 tetrapyrrole binding Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.

9 Relations

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Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
is_a GO:0046906 GO:0016168
is_a GO:0046906 GO:0016169
is_a GO:0046906 GO:0020037
is_a GO:0046906 GO:0031419
is_a GO:0046906 GO:0042314
is_a GO:1901363 GO:0046906
is_a GO:0097159 GO:0046906
is_a GO:0005488 GO:0046906
is_a GO:0003674 GO:0046906

1 Synonyms

Name Type
porphyrin binding synonym