WormMine: GOTerm GO:0008061 chitin binding GO

• Namespace: molecular_function
• Obsolete: false
• Description: Binding to chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.

0 Cross References

1 Data Sets

• GO Annotation data set

1 Ontology

• Name: GO

346 Ontology Annotations

4 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:0005488	binding	The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule.
GO:0097367	carbohydrate derivative binding	Binding to a carbohydrate derivative.
GO:0008061	chitin binding	Binding to chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.

3 Relations

Relationship	Parent Term . Identifier	Child Term . Identifier
is_a	GO:0097367	GO:0008061
is_a	GO:0005488	GO:0008061
is_a	GO:0003674	GO:0008061

0 Synonyms