retinal binding

I. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Interactors
Protein name
Directionality
Classification
1ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RARA - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
2ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RARA+RXRA - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
3ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RARB - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
4ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RARB+RXRB - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
5ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RARG - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
6ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RARG+RXRG - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
7ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RXRA - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
8ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RXRB - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
9ALDH1A2-CRABP2+RXRG - Ligand-ReceptorSignaling by Retinoic Acid
10RBP4-STRA6RET4_HUMAN - STRA6_HUMANLigand-Receptor

II. Literature review

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Nameretinal binding
IDGO_0016918
collection_id

Molecular function

Exact synonym

retinaldehyde binding

Description

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.

Related synonym

UV-sensitive opsin, blue-sensitive opsin, green-sensitive opsin, long-wave-sensitive opsin, opsin, red-sensitive opsin, short-wave-sensitive opsin, violet-sensitive opsin

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