bind

Darobactin binds to an essential protein in cells of different bacteria and eventually causes their death.

The problem is that it has so far not been possible to develop drugs that bind copper ions with sufficient affinity to "take them away" from copper-binding biomolecules.

He was also a binding agent, skilled at holding the party and its sometimes warring factions together.

It would also be a credit to Biden’s legacy, at little cost to him; he can make reforms now that would be binding on his successors, but his own presidency was not limited by them.

These proteins recognize and bind to small stretches of DNA near the genes, called regulatory elements.