AmiGO 2: Term Details for "toxin activity" (GO:0090729)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0090729
Name: toxin activity
Ontology: molecular_function
Synonyms: toxin receptor binding
Alternate IDs: GO:0050827
Definition: Interacting selectively with one or more biological molecules in another (target) organism, initiating pathogenesis (leading to an abnormal, generally detrimental state) in the target organism. The activity should refer to an evolved function of the active gene product, i.e. one that was selected for. Examples include the activity of botulinum toxin, and snake venom. Source: GOC:pt
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0090729 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_generic; goslim_prokaryote; goslim_prokaryote_ribbon
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to toxin activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to toxin activity (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for toxin activity (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0044419 biological process involved in interspecies interaction between organisms
GO:0035821 modulation of process of another organism
GO:0003674 molecular_function
GO:0090729 toxin activity

Parents of toxin activity (GO:0090729)

subject	relation	object
toxin activity	BFO:0000050	modulation of process of another organism (GO:0035821)
toxin activity	is_a	molecular_function (GO:0003674)

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Wikipedia: Toxin