WormMine: GOTerm GO:0032934 sterol binding GO

• Namespace: molecular_function
• Obsolete: false
• Description: Binding to a sterol, a steroid containing a hydroxy group in the 3 position, closely related to cholestan-3-ol.

0 Cross References

1 Data Sets

• GO Annotation data set

1 Ontology

• Name: GO

23 Ontology Annotations

5 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: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:0032934	sterol binding	Binding to a sterol, a steroid containing a hydroxy group in the 3 position, closely related to cholestan-3-ol.

11 Relations

Relationship	Parent Term . Identifier	Child Term . Identifier
is_a	GO:0032934	GO:0008142
is_a	GO:0032934	GO:0015485
is_a	GO:0005496	GO:0032934
is_a	GO:0005488	GO:0032934
is_a	GO:0003674	GO:0032934
is_a	GO:0008289	GO:0032934
has part	GO:0032934	GO:0032935
is_a	GO:0032934	GO:0035100
has part	GO:0032934	GO:0120015
has part	GO:0032934	GO:0120020
has part	GO:0032934	GO:0120021

2 Synonyms

• Name: GO:0005498
• Type: alt_id

• Name: sterol carrier activity
• Type: synonym