Annotation Conf. Call June 11, 2013

Agenda

• Confusing terms
  • protein dimerization, oligomerization etc.

Process terms:

GO:0006461 protein complex assembly

GO:0035786 protein complex oligomerization

GO:0051259 protein oligomerization

GO:0051260 protein homooligomerization

GO:0051291 protein heterooligomerization

GO:0051262 protein tetramerization

GO:0051289 protein homotetramerization

GO:0051290 protein heterotetramerization

GO:0070206 protein trimerization

GO:0070207 protein homotrimerization

GO:0070208 protein heterotrimerization

GO:0034214 protein hexamerization

...and regulation terms

Function terms:

GO:0046983 protein dimerization activity

GO:0042803 protein homodimerization activity

GO:0046982 protein heterodimerization activity

1. Should we represent these in the ontology?

2. If so, we need guidelines for their use

Previous discussions are here: http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/Jamboree_18_July_2008-minutes and http://wiki.geneontology.org/index.php/2010_GO_camp_Annotation_of_complexes_issues

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