[Annotation] [annotation] gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process/derivatives question

[Midori Harris]

I've put this on the GOC meeting agenda ...

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008, Valerie Wood wrote:

> I have a gene uga1 annotated to
> 4-aminobutyrate transaminase activity
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> gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process
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> at the moment in GO derivatives-of-x metabolism under x metabolism generally 
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> gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process
> inherits process annotations to
> fatty acid metabolic process and
> amine metabolic process
> http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ego/DisplayGoTerm?id=GO:0009448
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> even though GABA isn't a 'fatty acid'
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> Do people have any feelings whether this is correct for GO ?
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> i.e. would you expect to see genes annotated to "gamma-aminobutyric acid 
> metabolic process"
> annotated to "fatty acid metabolic process" ?
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> respond to SF
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> https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=440764&aid=1885151&group_id=36855 
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