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Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any mono-, di- or trisaccharide carbohydrate. Interacting selectively and non-covalently with sialic acid, any of a variety of N- or O- substituted derivatives of neuraminic acid, a nine carbon monosaccharide. Sialic acids often occur in polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids in animals and bacteria. Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any monosaccharide. Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates; they are polyhydroxy aldehydes H[CH(OH)]nC(=O)H or polyhydroxy ketones H[CHOH]nC(=O)[CHOH]mH with three or more carbon atoms. They form the constitutional repeating units of oligo- and polysaccharides.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: sialic acid binding
Acc: GO:0033691
Aspect: Molecular Function
Desc: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with sialic acid, any of a variety of N- or O- substituted derivatives of neuraminic acid, a nine carbon monosaccharide. Sialic acids often occur in polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids in animals and bacteria.
Synonyms:
  • N-acetylneuraminic acid binding
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 4 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 4 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0033691 - sialic acid binding (interactive image map)
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