This term is obsolete.

GO:0046906 JSON

tetrapyrrole binding

Molecular Function

Definition (GO:0046906 GONUTS page)

Binding to a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.

4,009,057 annotations

Synonyms

Synonyms are alternative words or phrases closely related in meaning to the term name, with indication of the relationship between the name and synonym given by the synonym scope.

Synonym Type
porphyrin binding narrow

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0046906

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0046906
heme binding
is_a
chlorophyll binding
is_a
cobalamin binding
is_a

Annotation Guidance

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Cross-Ontology Relations

Relation Other Ontology ID Term
has_primary_input CHEBI CHEBI:26932 tetrapyrrole

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0046906 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 185 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
tetrapyrrole binding
45,846.38 100.00 4,252 4,252
chloroplast-nucleus signaling pathway
5,132.85 5.99 485 4,332
detection of UV
37,326.25 2.15 92 113
regulation of hemoglobin biosynthetic process
22,555.44 2.12 92 187
protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process
22,316.75 2.12 92 189
very-low-density lipoprotein particle assembly
5,684.46 1.88 92 742
endolysosome membrane
6,815.00 1.85 88 592
multicellular organismal-level iron ion homeostasis
1,855.64 1.43 92 2,273
cellular detoxification of cadmium ion
1,875.63 1.39 88 2,151
iron-responsive element binding
1,669.78 1.38 92 2,526
Totals 13119 46492546
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0046906 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 92 of 92 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
tetrapyrrole binding
19,873.83 100.00 65 65
chloroplast-nucleus signaling pathway
9,514.07 39.47 45 94
tetrapyrrole metabolic process
17,665.63 12.12 8 9
heme B biosynthetic process
5,564.67 8.43 7 25
heme metabolic process
3,613.42 7.92 8 44
regulation of hemoglobin biosynthetic process
12,421.15 7.35 5 8
protoporphyrinogen IX metabolic process
9,033.56 7.04 5 11
detection of UV
9,033.56 7.04 5 11
response to platinum ion
8,832.81 5.71 4 9
very-low-density lipoprotein particle assembly
2,922.62 5.32 5 34
Totals 456 935895

GO Slims

This term is present in the following GO Consortium-maintained GO slims:

GO slim name Total Number of Terms in Slim
goslim_pir 439
goslim_metagenomics 111

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2023-09-12 Deleted RELATION is a GO:1901363 (heterocyclic compound binding)
2021-05-24 Added DEFINITION Binding to a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2021-05-24 Deleted DEFINITION Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2016-07-23 Added SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_pir
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:0097159 (organic cyclic compound binding)
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:1901363 (heterocyclic compound binding)
2012-09-19 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0005488 (binding)
2009-07-03 Added DEFINITION Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2009-07-03 Deleted DEFINITION Interacting selectively with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2003-06-10 Updated TERM tetrapyrrole binding
2003-04-08 Added TERM tetrapyrrole binding activity
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2021-05-24 Added DEFINITION Binding to a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2021-05-24 Deleted DEFINITION Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2009-07-03 Added DEFINITION Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2009-07-03 Deleted DEFINITION Interacting selectively with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION Interacting selectively with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION Interacting selectively with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM porphyrin binding
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM porphyrin binding
2003-06-10 Added SYNONYM porphyrin binding
2003-06-10 Deleted SYNONYM porphyrin binding activity
2003-04-08 Added DEFINITION Interacting selectively with a tetrapyrrole, a compound containing four pyrrole nuclei variously substituted and linked to each other through carbons at the alpha position.
2003-04-08 Added SYNONYM porphyrin binding activity
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2023-09-12 Deleted RELATION is a GO:1901363 (heterocyclic compound binding)
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:0097159 (organic cyclic compound binding)
2012-09-19 Added RELATION is a GO:1901363 (heterocyclic compound binding)
2012-09-19 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0005488 (binding)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0005488 (binding)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2016-07-23 Added SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_pir
2008-06-09 Added SUBSET goslim_pir
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