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GO:0003674
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molecular_function
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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. |
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GO:0036094
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small molecule binding
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Binding to a small molecule, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule. |
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GO:0005488
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binding
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The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule. |
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GO:0008289
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lipid binding
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Binding to a lipid. |
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GO:0043178
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alcohol binding
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Binding to an alcohol, any of a class of alkyl compounds containing a hydroxyl group. |
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GO:0005496
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steroid binding
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Binding to a steroid, any of a large group of substances that have in common a ring system based on 1,2-cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene. |
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GO:0032934
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sterol binding
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Binding to a sterol, a steroid containing a hydroxy group in the 3 position, closely related to cholestan-3-ol. |
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GO:0015485
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cholesterol binding
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Binding to cholesterol (cholest-5-en-3-beta-ol); the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. |
