mating pheromone activity

id: GO:0000772
name: mating pheromone activity
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The activity of binding to and activating specific cell surface receptors, thereby inducing a behavioral or physiological response(s) from a responding organism or cell that leads to the transfer or union of genetic material between organisms or cells. The mating pheromone can either be retained on the cell surface or secreted.

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