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Interacting selectively and non-covalently with and responding, e.g. by conformational change, to changes in the cellular level of a sterol. Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sterol, any steroid containing a hydroxy group in the 3 position, closely related to cholestan-3-ol. Interacting selectively and non-covalently with oxysterol, an oxidized form of cholesterol. Interacting selectively and non-covalently with cholesterol (cholest-5-en-3-beta-ol); the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a steroid, any of a large group of substances that have in common a ring system based on 1,2-cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene. Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a lipid.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: sterol binding
Acc: GO:0032934
Aspect: Molecular Function
Desc: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sterol, any steroid containing a hydroxy group in the 3 position, closely related to cholestan-3-ol.
Synonyms:
  • sterol carrier activity
  • GO:0005498
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 24 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 86 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0032934 - sterol binding (interactive image map)
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