id | GO:0016918   Detailed information |
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  name | retinal binding |
  namespace | molecular_function |
  def | "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with 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." [CHEBI:15035, GOC:curators, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
  synonym | "blue-sensitive opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "green-sensitive opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "long-wave-sensitive opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "red-sensitive opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "retinaldehyde binding" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "short-wave-sensitive opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "UV-sensitive opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "violet-sensitive opsin" RELATED [] |
  synonym | "vitamin A binding" BROAD [] |
  is_a | GO:0005501 ! retinoid binding |
  is_a | GO:0019842 ! vitamin binding |
  DPGLEAN06462
  DPGLEAN07476
  DPGLEAN07480
  DPGLEAN07481
  DPGLEAN08016
  DPGLEAN08841
  DPGLEAN10454
  DPGLEAN13879
  DPGLEAN14882
  DPGLEAN14883
  DPGLEAN15079
  DPGLEAN16186
  DPGLEAN16399
  DPGLEAN21018