WormMine

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Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

GO Term : GO:0005499 vitamin D binding GO

Namespace  molecular_function Obsolete  false
Description  Binding to vitamin D, any of a group of related, fat-soluble compounds that are derived from delta-5,7 steroids and play a central role in calcium metabolism. Specific forms of vitamin D include calciferol (ergocalciferol; vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (calciol; vitamin D3).

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1 Ontology

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GO

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7 Parents

Identifier Name Description
GO:0003674 molecular_function A molecular process that can be carried out by the action of a single macromolecular machine, usually via direct physical interactions with other molecular entities. Function in this sense denotes an action, or activity, that a gene product (or a complex) performs.
GO:0036094 small molecule binding Binding to a small molecule, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule.
GO:0005488 binding The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule.
GO:0008289 lipid binding Binding to a lipid.
GO:0005496 steroid binding Binding to a steroid, any of a large group of substances that have in common a ring system based on 1,2-cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene.
GO:0005499 vitamin D binding Binding to vitamin D, any of a group of related, fat-soluble compounds that are derived from delta-5,7 steroids and play a central role in calcium metabolism. Specific forms of vitamin D include calciferol (ergocalciferol; vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (calciol; vitamin D3).
GO:0019842 vitamin binding Binding to a vitamin, one of a number of unrelated organic substances that occur in many foods in small amounts and that are necessary in trace amounts for the normal metabolic functioning of the body.

9 Relations

Relationship
Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
is_a GO:0005496 GO:0005499
is_a GO:0019842 GO:0005499
is_a GO:0003674 GO:0005499
is_a GO:0036094 GO:0005499
is_a GO:0005488 GO:0005499
is_a GO:0008289 GO:0005499
is_a GO:0005499 GO:1902098
is_a GO:0005499 GO:1902118
is_a GO:0005499 GO:1902271

3 Synonyms

Name Type
calciferol binding synonym
cholecalciferol binding synonym
ergocalciferol binding synonym