biotin binding

id: GO:0009374
name: biotin binding
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with biotin (cis-tetrahydro-2-oxothieno(3,4-d)imidazoline-4-valeric acid), the (+) enantiomer of which is very widely distributed in cells and serves as a carrier in a number of enzymatic beta-carboxylation reactions.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0019842vitamin binding
GO:0033293monocarboxylic acid binding