FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

sterol binding

ID (Ontology)

GO:0032934 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Binding to a sterol, a steroid containing a hydroxy group in the 3 position, closely related to cholestan-3-ol.

Comment

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Annotations

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Genes
sterol binding (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
enables \| sterol binding

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  lipid binding
   |__steroid binding
       |__sterol binding  21 rec.
           |__cholesterol binding 5 rec.
           |__ecdysone binding 4 rec.
           |__oxysterol binding

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Relationships
Is a	steroid binding
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"sterol carrier activity" RELATED
Secondary IDs

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