AmiGO 2: Term Details for "MHC class II protein binding" (GO:0042289)

Accession: GO:0042289
Name: MHC class II protein binding
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: major histocompatibility complex class II binding, major histocompatibility complex class II ligand
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Binding to a major histocompatibility complex class II molecule; a set of molecules displayed on cell surfaces that are responsible for lymphocyte recognition and antigen presentation. Source: GOC:jl
Comment: Note that this term does not include binding to the antigen peptide bound to the MHC protein. Consider also annotating to the molecular function term 'peptide antigen binding ; GO:0042605' or one of its children.
History: See term history for GO:0042289 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to MHC class II protein binding (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to MHC class II protein binding (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for MHC class II protein binding (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
MHC class II protein binding	is_a	MHC protein binding (GO:0042287)

subject	relation	object
MHC class II protein binding, via antigen binding groove (GO:0042658)	is_a	MHC class II protein binding
MHC class II receptor activity (GO:0032395)	BFO:0000051	MHC class II protein binding
MHC class II protein binding, via lateral surface (GO:0042657)	is_a	MHC class II protein binding

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