AmiGO 2: Term Details for "folic acid binding" (GO:0005542)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0005542
Name: folic acid binding
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: folate binding, vitamin B9 binding, vitamin M binding
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Binding to folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid. Folic acid is widely distributed as a member of the vitamin B complex and is essential for the synthesis of purine and pyrimidines. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0005542 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to folic acid binding (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to folic acid binding (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for folic acid binding (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0036094 small molecule binding
GO:0005488 binding
GO:0043167 ion binding
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0043168 anion binding
GO:0043177 organic acid binding
GO:0033218 amide binding
GO:0031406 carboxylic acid binding
GO:1901363 heterocyclic compound binding
GO:0072341 modified amino acid binding
GO:0019842 vitamin binding
GO:0005542 folic acid binding

Parents of folic acid binding (GO:0005542)

subject	relation	object
folic acid binding	is_a	vitamin binding (GO:0019842)
folic acid binding	is_a	heterocyclic compound binding (GO:1901363)
folic acid binding	RO:0004009	folate(2-) (CHEBI:62501)
folic acid binding	is_a	modified amino acid binding (GO:0072341)
folic acid binding	is_a	carboxylic acid binding (GO:0031406)
folic acid binding	is_a	amide binding (GO:0033218)

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