Category:GO:0001871 ! pattern binding

name: pattern binding
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a repeating or polymeric structure, such as a polysaccharide or peptidoglycan." [PMID:12072369, PMID:12225919, PMID:12507420, PMID:12925128, PMID:14523544]
comment: Note that this term and its child terms are intended for annotation of gene products which function to recognize (bind) the repeating structural units such as polysaccharides or peptidoglycans commonly found in microbial cell walls and virions. If such binding is coupled to signal transduction, use 'pattern recognition receptor activity ; GO:0008329' instead.
subset: goslim_pir
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "pattern recognition activity" BROAD []
is_a: GO:0005488 ! binding

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 2 child terms, out of 2 total.

• [  ] GO:0001876 ! lipoarabinomannan binding
• [+] GO:0030247 ! polysaccharide binding (28)