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Category:GO:0016918 ! retinal binding
name: retinal binding
namespace: molecular_function
def: "Binding to 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." [ISBN:0198506732]
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
AmiGO
<GOterm>GO:0016918</GOterm>
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