EOG85QKVJ GO:0046872 6/14 metal ion binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any metal ion." [GOC:ai] EOG85QKVJ GO:0042732 6/14 D-xylose metabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways involving D-xylose, a naturally occurring plant polysaccharide." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG85QKVJ GO:0009045 6/14 xylose isomerase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the reaction: D-xylose = D-xylulose." [EC:5.3.1.5] EOG85QKVJ GO:0006098 6/14 pentose-phosphate shunt biological_process "The glucose-6-phosphate catabolic process in which, coupled to NADPH synthesis, glucose-6-P is oxidized with the formation of carbon dioxide (CO2) and ribulose 5-phosphate; ribulose 5-P then enters a series of reactions interconverting sugar phosphates. The pentose phosphate pathway is a major source of reducing equivalents for biosynthesis reactions and is also important for the conversion of hexoses to pentoses." [ISBN:0198506732, MetaCyc:PENTOSE-P-PWY] EOG85QKVJ GO:0030246 1/14 carbohydrate binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any carbohydrate, which includes monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides as well as substances derived from monosaccharides by reduction of the carbonyl group (alditols), by oxidation of one or more hydroxy groups to afford the corresponding aldehydes, ketones, or carboxylic acids, or by replacement of one or more hydroxy group(s) by a hydrogen atom. Cyclitols are generally not regarded as carbohydrates." [CHEBI:16646, GOC:mah] EOG85QKVJ GO:0003700 1/14 transcription factor activity, sequence-specific DNA binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with a specific DNA sequence in order to modulate transcription. The transcription factor may or may not also interact selectively with a protein or macromolecular complex." [GOC:curators, GOC:txnOH] EOG85QKVJ GO:0003677 1/14 DNA binding molecular_function "Any molecular function by which a gene product interacts selectively and non-covalently with DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)." [GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:tb, GOC:vw]