| GOID Link to GO |
Functional Category | Description | Protein Count link to protein list |
|---|---|---|---|
| GO:0003729 | mRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with messenger RNA (mRNA), an intermediate molecule between DNA and protein. mRNA includes UTR and coding sequences, but does not contain introns. | 381 |
| GO:0008266 | poly(U) RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sequence of uracil residues in an RNA molecule. | 153 |
| GO:0008143 | poly(A) RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sequence of adenylyl residues in an RNA molecule, such as the poly(A) tail, a sequence of adenylyl residues at the 3' end of eukaryotic mRNA. | 130 |
| GO:0034046 | poly(G) RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sequence of guanine residues in an RNA molecule. | 124 |
| GO:0003730 | mRNA 3'-UTR binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the 3' untranslated region of an mRNA molecule. | 120 |
| GO:0019843 | rRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with ribosomal RNA. | 91 |
| GO:0003727 | single-stranded RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with single-stranded RNA. | 88 |
| GO:0017091 | AU-rich element binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a region of RNA containing frequent adenine and uridine bases. | 62 |
| GO:0000049 | tRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with transfer RNA. | 59 |
| GO:0033592 | RNA strand annealing activity | Facilitates the base-pairing of complementary single-stranded RNA. | 56 |
| GO:0036002 | pre-mRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA), an intermediate molecule between DNA and protein that may contain introns and, at least in part, encodes one or more proteins. Introns are removed from pre-mRNA to form a mRNA molecule. | 41 |
| GO:0017070 | U6 snRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the U6 small nuclear RNA (U6 snRNA). | 37 |
| GO:0035198 | miRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a microRNA, a 21-23 nucleotide RNA that is processed from a stem-loop RNA precursor (pre-miRNA) that is encoded within plant and animal genomes. | 36 |
| GO:0048027 | mRNA 5'-UTR binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the 5' untranslated region of an mRNA molecule. | 35 |
| GO:0035197 | siRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a small interfering RNA, a 21-23 nucleotide RNA that is processed from double stranded RNA (dsRNA) by an RNAse enzyme. | 34 |
| GO:0000340 | RNA 7-methylguanosine cap binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the 7-methylguanosine group added cotranscriptionally to the 5' end of RNA molecules transcribed by polymerase II. | 27 |
| GO:0000339 | RNA cap binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a 7-methylguanosine (m7G) group or derivative located at the 5' end of an RNA molecule. | 26 |
| GO:0030350 | iron-responsive element binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the iron-responsive element, a regulatory sequence found in the 5'- and 3'-untranslated regions of mRNAs encoding many iron-binding proteins. | 25 |
| GO:0030621 | U4 snRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the U4 small nuclear RNA (U4 snRNA). | 24 |
| GO:0030515 | snoRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with small nucleolar RNA. | 24 |
| GO:0003725 | double-stranded RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with double-stranded RNA. | 22 |
| GO:0008135 | translation factor activity, nucleic acid binding | Functions during translation by interacting selectively and non-covalently with nucleic acids during polypeptide synthesis at the ribosome. | 19 |
| GO:0070181 | SSU rRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the small ribosomal subunit RNA (SSU rRNA), a constituent of the small ribosomal subunit. In S. cerevisiae, this is the 18S rRNA. | 19 |
| GO:0017069 | snRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a small nuclear RNA (snRNA). | 17 |
| GO:0035613 | RNA stem-loop binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a stem-loop in an RNA molecule. An RNA stem-loop is a secondary RNA structure consisting of a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) stem and a terminal loop. | 16 |
| GO:0008097 | 5S rRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with 5S ribosomal RNA, the smallest RNA constituent of a ribosome. | 15 |
| GO:0070180 | LSU rRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the large ribosomal subunit RNA (LSU rRNA), a constituent of the large ribosomal subunit. In S. cerevisiae, this is the 25S rRNA. | 15 |
| GO:0008312 | 7S RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with 7S RNA, the RNA component of the signal recognition particle (SRP). | 14 |
| GO:0017130 | poly(C) RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sequence of cytosine residues in an RNA molecule. | 11 |
| GO:0097157 | pre-mRNA intronic binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an intronic sequence of a pre-messenger RNA (pre-mRNA). | 5 |
| GO:0002151 | G-quadruplex RNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with G-quadruplex RNA structures, in which groups of four guanines adopt a flat, cyclic hydrogen-bonding arrangement known as a guanine tetrad. | 5 |
| GO:0030620 | U2 snRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the U2 small nuclear RNA (U2 snRNA). | 4 |
| GO:0042134 | rRNA primary transcript binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with an unprocessed ribosomal RNA transcript. | 4 |
| GO:0030619 | U1 snRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the U1 small nuclear RNA (U1 snRNA). | 3 |
| GO:0071208 | histone pre-mRNA DCP binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the downstream cleavage product (DCP) generated by histone pre-mRNA 3'-end processing. | 3 |
| GO:0008187 | poly-pyrimidine tract binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any stretch of pyrimidines (cytosine or uracil) in an RNA molecule. | 3 |
| GO:0035614 | snRNA stem-loop binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a stem-loop in a small nuclear RNA (snRNA). An RNA stem-loop is a secondary RNA structure consisting of a double-stranded RNA (dsRNA) stem and a terminal loop. | 3 |
| GO:0030629 | U6 snRNA 3'-end binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the 3' end of the U6 small nuclear RNA (U6 snRNA). | 3 |
| GO:0030627 | pre-mRNA 5'-splice site binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the pre-mRNA 5' splice site sequence. | 2 |
| GO:0034584 | piRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a piRNA, a Piwi-associated RNA, a 24- to 30-nucleotide RNA derived from repeat or complex DNA sequence elements and processed by a Dicer-independent mechanism. | 2 |
| GO:0030623 | U5 snRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with the U5 small nuclear RNA (U5 snRNA). | 2 |
| GO:0070883 | pre-miRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a precursor microRNA (pre-miRNA) transcript, a stem-loop-containing precursor of microRNA. | 1 |
| GO:0070878 | primary miRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a primary microRNA (pri-miRNA) transcript, an RNA molecule that is processed into a short hairpin-shaped structure called a pre-miRNA and finally into a functional miRNA. Both double-stranded and single-stranded regions of a pri-miRNA are required for binding. | 1 |
| GO:0034513 | box H/ACA snoRNA binding | Interacting selectively and non-covalently with box H/ACA small nucleolar RNA. | 1 |