Term Information

Accession
GO:0033691
Name
sialic acid binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
N-acetylneuraminic acid binding
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Binding to a sialic acid, a N- or O- substituted derivative of neuraminic acid, a nine carbon monosaccharide. Sialic acids often occur in polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids in animals and bacteria. Source: GOC:add, ISBN:9780721601465
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0033691 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of sialic acid binding (GO:0033691)
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sialic acid binding [is_a relation] is_a  carboxylic acid binding (GO:0031406)
sialic acid binding [is_a relation] is_a  carbohydrate derivative binding (GO:0097367)

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