FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

monosaccharide binding

ID (Ontology)

GO:0048029 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

Binding to a 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.

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_MOLECULAR_FUNCTION

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

binding
 |__carbohydrate binding____
 |__small molecule binding__|
                            monosaccharide binding  55 rec.
                             |__D-glucose binding 5 rec.
                             |__D-mannose binding 5 rec.
                             |__fructose binding
                             |__fucose binding 2 rec.
                             |__galactose binding 17 rec.
                             |__L-arabinofuranose binding
                             |__L-ascorbic acid binding 26 rec.
                             |__rhamnose binding 1 rec.
                             |__xylose binding

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Is a	carbohydrate binding small molecule binding
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