heparin binding

id: GO:0008201
name: heparin binding
namespace: molecular_function
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with heparin, any member of a group of glycosaminoglycans found mainly as an intracellular component of mast cells and which consist predominantly of alternating alpha1-4-linked D-galactose and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate residues.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0005539glycosaminoglycan binding