ligands

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-003768",
  "term": "ligands",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A molecule that binds to another molecule, used especially to refer to a small molecule that binds specifically to a larger molecule, e.g., an antigen binding to an antibody, a hormone or neurotransmitter binding to a receptor, or a substrate or allosteric effector binding to an enzyme. Ligands are also molecules that donate or accept a pair of electrons to form a coordinate covalent bond with the central metal atom of a coordination complex.",
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "technical chemicals",
    "coordination compounds",
    "protein binding",
    "chemical bonding",
    "chemical interactions",
    "systematic evolution of ligands by exponential enrichment",
    "amino acid receptors",
    "peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors",
    "cell adhesion molecules",
    "intercellular adhesion molecule-1",
    "kisspeptin"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2015",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "ligandos"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/ligands/"
}