Term Information

Accession
GO:0043546
Name
molybdopterin cofactor binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
Moco binding
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Binding to a molybdopterin cofactor (Moco), essential for the catalytic activity of some enzymes, e.g. sulfite oxidase, xanthine dehydrogenase, and aldehyde oxidase. The cofactor consists of a mononuclear molybdenum (Mo-molybdopterin) or tungsten ion (W-molybdopterin) coordinated by one or two molybdopterin ligands. Source: ISSN:09498257
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History
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Subset
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Parents of molybdopterin cofactor binding (GO:0043546)
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molybdopterin cofactor binding [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound binding (GO:0097159)
molybdopterin cofactor binding [is_a relation] is_a  heterocyclic compound binding (GO:1901363)

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