Term Information

Accession
GO:0046906
Name
tetrapyrrole binding
Ontology
molecular_function
Synonyms
porphyrin binding
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Binding to a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position. Source: GOC:curators, ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0046906 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_metagenomics
goslim_pir
Feedback
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Parents of tetrapyrrole binding (GO:0046906)
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tetrapyrrole binding [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound binding (GO:0097159)
tetrapyrrole binding [is_a relation] is_a  heterocyclic compound binding (GO:1901363)
Children of tetrapyrrole binding (GO:0046906)
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chlorophyll binding (GO:0016168) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole binding
cobalamin binding (GO:0031419) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole binding
heme binding (GO:0020037) [is_a relation] is_a  tetrapyrrole binding
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