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Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

GO Term : GO:0016168 chlorophyll binding GO

Namespace  molecular_function Obsolete  false
Description  Binding to a chlorophyll; a compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment.

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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:0046906 tetrapyrrole binding Binding to a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
GO:0016168 chlorophyll binding Binding to a chlorophyll; a compound of magnesium complexed in a porphyrin (tetrapyrrole) ring and which functions as a photosynthetic pigment.

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Child Term . Identifier
is_a GO:0046906 GO:0016168
is_a GO:0005488 GO:0016168
is_a GO:0003674 GO:0016168
is_a GO:0016168 GO:0016169
is_a GO:0016168 GO:0042314

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