Category:GO:0003731 ! obsolete mRNA cap binding

This GO term has been obsoleted. Do not annotate to it.

id: GO:0003731
name: obsolete mRNA cap binding
namespace: molecular_function
def: "OBSOLETE. Interacting selectively with the 7-methylguanosine cap at the 5' end of a nascent messenger RNA transcript." [GOC:mah]
comment: This term was made obsolete because the functional distinction for cap binding is the structure of the cap, not the type of RNA it is attached to.
synonym: "mRNA cap binding" EXACT []
is_obsolete: true
consider: GO:0000339 ! RNA cap binding

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0003731</GOterm>
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