Ontology: Molecular Function (GO:0032934)

Definition: Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a sterol, any steroid containing a hydroxy group in the 3 position, closely related to cholestan-3-ol.

Synonyms: sterol carrier activity

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This table lists the methods used to annotate genes either directly to the term sterol binding (3 genes) or to its variants containing one or more qualifiers (0 genes). Note that some genes may have been annotated by more than one method so the numbers in the table below may not add up to the totals given here.

Annotation Method	GO Term	# Yeast Genes Annotated
Manually curated (download data)	sterol binding	2
High-throughput	none	none
Computational (download data)	sterol binding	1

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Annotation details for genes that have been directly annotated to the term sterol binding or its variants containing one or more qualifiers (NOT, contributes to, or colocalizes with).

sterol binding      3 genes directly annotated to this term
Locus	Evidence	Annotation Method	Reference	Assigned By
BDS1/YOL164W	IEA: Inferred from Electronic Annotation with EBI:IPR003033 Last Updated 2013-03-02	computational	DDB, et al.  (2001) Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO terms.	InterPro
PRY1/YJL079C	IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay, IMP: Inferred from Mutant Phenotype Assigned on 2012-10-16	manually curated	Choudhary V and Schneiter R  (2012) Pathogen-Related Yeast (PRY) proteins and members of the CAP superfamily are secreted sterol-binding proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(42):16882-7	SGD
PRY2/YKR013W	IDA: Inferred from Direct Assay Assigned on 2012-10-16	manually curated	Choudhary V and Schneiter R  (2012) Pathogen-Related Yeast (PRY) proteins and members of the CAP superfamily are secreted sterol-binding proteins. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 109(42):16882-7	SGD

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