| id | GO:0005542 Detailed information
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| name | folic acid binding
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| namespace | molecular_function
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| def | "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid. Folic acid is widely distributed as a member of the vitamin B complex and is essential for the synthesis of purine and pyrimidines." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "folate binding" EXACT []
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| synonym | "vitamin B9 binding" EXACT []
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| synonym | "vitamin M binding" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0016597 ! amino acid binding
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| is_a | GO:0019842 ! vitamin binding
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