[Annotation] [Ontology-editors] [Refgenome] Cell fractions

Karen Christie kchris at genome.stanford.edu
Thu Feb 12 10:46:18 PST 2009


OK, wasn't obvious from the original explanation, but makes sense to me.

-K


On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Harold Drabkin wrote:

> For example, an antibody would have to be very specific for  only one of 
> protein product of 8 beta-tubulin genes in mouse (assuming one has 
> demonstrated no cross-reactivity). So if one is 100% sure, fine; if not...
>
> hjd
>
> Karen Christie wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I can see Harold's case for using IMP if you're comparing a protein 
>> activity in cell fractions prepared from wt versus mutant, and also agree 
>> that use of IMP in such a situation is what we agreed to at the 2006 
>> Annotation Camp and in subsequent discussions.
>> 
>> However, I am not following how the Western assay would need to be IMP. If 
>> you can identify the protein by Western, that seems like IDA. How is doing 
>> the same thing from the mutant even relevant?
>> 
>> -Karen
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, Pascale Gaudet wrote:
>> 
>>> What Harold says here is in complete agreement with the documentation:
>>> http://geneontology.org/GO.evidence.shtml?all#imp
>>> "The IMP evidence code covers those cases when the function, process or 
>>> cellular
>>> localization of a gene product is inferred based on differences in the 
>>> function,
>>> process, or cellular localization between two different alleles of the 
>>> corresponding
>>> gene"
>>> 
>>> As far as I know, most groups use IMP for component as described here.
>>> 
>>> Pascale
>>> 
>>> Harold Drabkin wrote:
>>>       I strongly disagree. Without the IMG you would not know what protein 
>>> you
>>>       are assaying.  You have no other evidence to directly link the the 
>>> specific
>>>       gene product to the activity. Without the IMP, the assay just says 
>>> that this
>>>       activity is present, but it could be one of several proteins. The 
>>> IMP says
>>>       which one.
>>>
>>>       hjd
>>> 
>>>
>>>       Pankaj Jaiswal (OSU) wrote:
>>>             Harold,
>>>
>>>             But I guess the confirmation that the activity was present in
>>>             the fraction-X was estimated by IDA / western. Whether it was
>>>             present/absent in mutant/reference is a different issue. The
>>>             confirmation is based on the exact experimental method i.e.
>>>             western/enzymatic assay of the fraction and not the genotype
>>>             (mutant/ref/WT) of the individual being assayed.
>>>
>>>             I concur with Chris it should be limited to only IDA and IEP.
>>>
>>>             Pankaj
>>>
>>>             Harold Drabkin wrote:
>>>                   No, not necessarily. If a  cell-fractions from
>>>                   mutant and wild type were examined for the presence
>>>                   of the protein by either western or assay, the
>>>                   difference between the mutant and wild type is the
>>>                   basis for the IMP. Or, a western could be done and
>>>                   it appears in a sample from one fraction in wild
>>>                   type but not mutant. If the comparison is not made,
>>>                   and it is some activity measurement in a crude
>>>                   assay, the identify of the protein cannot be made.
>>>
>>>                   hd
>>>
>>>                   Chris Mungall wrote:
>>>                         Following on from our call this morning
>>>                         - it seems the cell fraction terms may
>>>                         be around for a while yet. However, I
>>>                         was wondering what people's opinions
>>>                         were on evidence codes for fraction
>>>                         terms. I'm not really sure how valid it
>>>                         is to make an ISS to a fraction term. Or
>>>                         an IMP. Shouldn't IDA be the only code
>>>                         allowed?
>>>
>>>                         Here are some IMPs for microsome:
>>> 
>>> http://amigo.geneontology.org/cgi-bin/amigo/term-assoc.cgi?gptype=all&speciesdb=all&taxid=all&e
>>>                         vcode=IMP&term_assocs=all&term=GO%3A0005792&action=filter<http://amigo.geneontology.org/cgi-bin/amigo/term-assoc.cgi?gptype=all&speciesdb=all&taxid=all&
>>>                         evcode=IMP&term_assocs=all&term=GO%3A0005792&action=filter>
>>>
>>>                         I followed up the mouse one and am not
>>>                         really sure how the IMP is justified
>>>
>>>                         Here are some numbers for the genes
>>>                         annotated to cell fractions using
>>>                         different evidence codes
>>> 
>>> +------------+---------------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-------
>>>                                     --+ | acc
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     name
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     term_type
>>>                                     | code | n_genes
>>>                                     |+------------+---------------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-------
>>>                                     --+ | GO:0000267
>>>                                     | cell
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |       3
>>>                                     | | GO:0000267 |
>>>                                     cell
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | NAS  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0000299 |
>>>                                     integral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction   |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |      27
>>>                                     | | GO:0000299 |
>>>                                     integral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction   |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IPI  |       2
>>>                                     | | GO:0000299 |
>>>                                     integral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction   |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISA  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0000299 |
>>>                                     integral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction   |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISO  |       2
>>>                                     | | GO:0000299 |
>>>                                     integral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction   |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |      16
>>>                                     | | GO:0000299 |
>>>                                     integral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction   |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | NAS  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0000299 |
>>>                                     integral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction   |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | TAS  |       3
>>>                                     | | GO:0000300 |
>>>                                     peripheral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |      28
>>>                                     | | GO:0000300 |
>>>                                     peripheral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IPI  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0000300 |
>>>                                     peripheral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISA  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0000300 |
>>>                                     peripheral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISO  |       3
>>>                                     | | GO:0000300 |
>>>                                     peripheral to
>>>                                     membrane of
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |       6
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |     615
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IGI  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IMP  |       5
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISA  |       4
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISO  |      19
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |     280
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | NAS  |      17
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | RCA  |       2
>>>                                     | | GO:0005624 |
>>>                                     membrane
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | TAS  |     249
>>>                                     | | GO:0005625 |
>>>                                     soluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |     428
>>>                                     | | GO:0005625 |
>>>                                     soluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IMP  |       2
>>>                                     | | GO:0005625 |
>>>                                     soluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISA  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0005625 |
>>>                                     soluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISO  |       8
>>>                                     | | GO:0005625 |
>>>                                     soluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |      99
>>>                                     | | GO:0005625 |
>>>                                     soluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | NAS  |      10
>>>                                     | | GO:0005625 |
>>>                                     soluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | TAS  |     135
>>>                                     | | GO:0005626 |
>>>                                     insoluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |      65
>>>                                     | | GO:0005626 |
>>>                                     insoluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISO  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0005626 |
>>>                                     insoluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |      32
>>>                                     | | GO:0005626 |
>>>                                     insoluble
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | TAS  |       5
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |     240
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IMP  |       5
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IPI  |       3
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISA  |       2
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISO  |       4
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |     105
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | NAS  |      97
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | RCA  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0005792 |
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | TAS  |      40
>>>                                     | | GO:0019717 |
>>>                                     synaptosome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |      77
>>>                                     | | GO:0019717 |
>>>                                     synaptosome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IEP  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0019717 |
>>>                                     synaptosome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISA  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0019717 |
>>>                                     synaptosome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISO  |       5
>>>                                     | | GO:0019717 |
>>>                                     synaptosome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |      34
>>>                                     | | GO:0019717 |
>>>                                     synaptosome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | NAS  |       2
>>>                                     | | GO:0019718 |
>>>                                     rough
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |       5
>>>                                     | | GO:0019719 |
>>>                                     smooth
>>>                                     microsome
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |       1
>>>                                     | | GO:0042598 |
>>>                                     vesicular
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | IDA  |      12
>>>                                     | | GO:0042598 |
>>>                                     vesicular
>>>                                     fraction
>>>                                     |
>>>                                     cellular_component
>>>                                     | ISS  |       7
>>>                                     |+------------+---------------------------------------------+--------------------+------+-------
>>>                                     --+ 53 rows in
>>>                                     set (36.97 sec)
>>> 
>>>
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