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Accession
GO:0048018
Name
receptor ligand activity
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
signaling molecule, signaling receptor ligand activity, vitamin D receptor activator activity, receptor agonist activity
Alternate IDs
GO:0071884
Definition
The activity of a gene product that interacts with a receptor to effect a change in the activity of the receptor. Ligands may be produced by the same, or different, cell that expresses the receptor. Ligands may diffuse extracellularly from their point of origin to the receiving cell, or remain attached to an adjacent cell surface (e.g. Notch ligands). Source: GOC:kv, GOC:pdt, GOC:molecular_function_refactoring
Comment
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History
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Chem. react.
None
Subset
goslim_chembl
goslim_drosophila
goslim_generic
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Parents of receptor ligand activity (GO:0048018)
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receptor ligand activity [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  signaling receptor activity (GO:0038023)
receptor ligand activity [is_a relation] is_a  signaling receptor binding (GO:0005102)
receptor ligand activity [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  signal transduction (GO:0007165)
receptor ligand activity [is_a relation] is_a  signaling receptor activator activity (GO:0030546)
Children of receptor ligand activity (GO:0048018)
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receptor ligand inhibitor activity (GO:0141069) [RO:0002630 relation] RO:0002630  receptor ligand activity
morphogen activity (GO:0016015) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
chemoattractant activity (GO:0042056) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
opioid peptide activity (GO:0001515) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
death receptor agonist activity (GO:0038177) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
pathogen-derived receptor ligand activity (GO:0140295) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
hormone activity (GO:0005179) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
chemorepellent activity (GO:0045499) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
neuropeptide activity (GO:0160041) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
cytokine activity (GO:0005125) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
growth factor activity (GO:0008083) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
pheromone activity (GO:0005186) [is_a relation] is_a  receptor ligand activity
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