AmiGO 2: Term Details for "antioxidant activity" (GO:0016209)

Accession: GO:0016209
Name: antioxidant activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Inhibition of the reactions brought about by dioxygen (O2) or peroxides. Usually the antioxidant is effective because it can itself be more easily oxidized than the substance protected. The term is often applied to components that can trap free radicals, thereby breaking the chain reaction that normally leads to extensive biological damage. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0016209 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_metagenomics; goslim_generic; goslim_plant_ribbon; goslim_pir; goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon; goslim_prokaryote; goslim_prokaryote_ribbon
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to antioxidant activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to antioxidant activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for antioxidant activity (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
antioxidant activity	BFO:0000050	cellular oxidant detoxification (GO:0098869)
antioxidant activity	is_a	molecular_function (GO:0003674)

subject	relation	object
superoxide dismutase activity (GO:0004784)	is_a	antioxidant activity
thioredoxin-disulfide reductase (NADPH) activity (GO:0004791)	is_a	antioxidant activity
sulfiredoxin activity (GO:0032542)	is_a	antioxidant activity
superoxide reductase activity (GO:0050605)	is_a	antioxidant activity
glutathione-disulfide reductase (NADPH) activity (GO:0004362)	is_a	antioxidant activity
peroxidase activity (GO:0004601)	is_a	antioxidant activity
glutathione dehydrogenase (ascorbate) activity (GO:0045174)	is_a	antioxidant activity

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