Term Information

Accession
GO:0016918
Name
retinal binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
retinaldehyde binding, UV-sensitive opsin, blue-sensitive opsin, green-sensitive opsin, long-wave-sensitive opsin, opsin, red-sensitive opsin, short-wave-sensitive opsin, violet-sensitive opsin, vitamin A binding
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Binding to retinal, one of the forms of vitamin A. Retinal plays an important role in the visual process in most vertebrates, combining with opsins to form visual pigments in the retina. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0016918 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of retinal binding (GO:0016918)
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retinal binding [is_a relation] is_a  retinoid binding (GO:0005501)
retinal binding [is_a relation] is_a  vitamin binding (GO:0019842)
Children of retinal binding (GO:0016918)
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all-trans retinal binding (GO:0005503) [is_a relation] is_a  retinal binding
11-cis retinal binding (GO:0005502) [is_a relation] is_a  retinal binding
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