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Accession
GO:0005503
Name
all-trans retinal binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
all-trans retinaldehyde binding, trans retinal binding, visual yellow binding, xanthopsin, vitamin A binding
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Definition
Binding to all-trans retinal, a compound that plays an important role in the visual process in most vertebrates. All-trans retinal (trans r., visual yellow) results from the bleaching of rhodopsin by light, in which the 11-cis form is converted to the all-trans form. Retinal is one of the forms of vitamin A. Source: GOC:curators
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Parents of all-trans retinal binding (GO:0005503)
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all-trans retinal binding [is_a relation] is_a  retinal binding (GO:0016918)
all-trans retinal binding [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  all-trans-retinal (CHEBI:17898)

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