WormMine: GOTerm GO:0008201 heparin binding GO

• Namespace: molecular_function
• Obsolete: false
• Description: Binding to heparin, a member of a group of glycosaminoglycans found mainly as an intracellular component of mast cells and which consist predominantly of alternating alpha-(1->4)-linked D-galactose and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate residues.

0 Cross References

1 Data Sets

• GO Annotation data set

1 Ontology

• Name: GO

26 Ontology Annotations

6 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:1901681	sulfur compound binding	Binding to a sulfur compound.
GO:0097367	carbohydrate derivative binding	Binding to a carbohydrate derivative.
GO:0005539	glycosaminoglycan binding	Binding to a glycan (polysaccharide) containing a substantial proportion of aminomonosaccharide residues.
GO:0008201	heparin binding	Binding to heparin, a member of a group of glycosaminoglycans found mainly as an intracellular component of mast cells and which consist predominantly of alternating alpha-(1->4)-linked D-galactose and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate residues.

5 Relations

Relationship	Parent Term . Identifier	Child Term . Identifier
is_a	GO:1901681	GO:0008201
is_a	GO:0005539	GO:0008201
is_a	GO:0097367	GO:0008201
is_a	GO:0005488	GO:0008201
is_a	GO:0003674	GO:0008201

1 Synonyms

• Name: heparan sulfate binding
• Type: synonym