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Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

GO Term : GO:0008431 vitamin E binding GO

Namespace  molecular_function Obsolete  false
Description  Binding to a vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.

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1 Ontology

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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: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:1901363 heterocyclic compound binding Binding to heterocyclic compound.
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.
GO:0008431 vitamin E binding Binding to a vitamin E, tocopherol, which includes a series of eight structurally similar compounds. Alpha-tocopherol is the most active form in humans and is a powerful biological antioxidant.

5 Relations

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Parent Term . Identifier

Child Term . Identifier
is_a GO:1901363 GO:0008431
is_a GO:0019842 GO:0008431
is_a GO:0036094 GO:0008431
is_a GO:0005488 GO:0008431
is_a GO:0003674 GO:0008431

2 Synonyms

Name Type
tocopherol binding synonym
alpha-tocopherol binding synonym