[go] Fwd: [Go-database] Synonym length

[Mike Cherry]

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> From: Benjamin Hitz <hitz at genome.stanford.edu>
> Date: October 25, 2007 10:08:00 AM PDT
> To: GO database list <go-database at fruitfly.org>
> Subject: [Go-database] Synonym length
>
>
> Some kind soul submitted a 363 character synonym in the obo file  
> last night:
>
> GDP-L-fucose:glycoprotein (L-fucose to asparagine-linked N- 
> acetylglucosamine of 4-N-{N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-
> (1right2)-alpha-D-mannosyl-(1right3)-[N-acetyl-beta-D-
> glucosaminyl-(1right2)-alpha-D-mannosyl-(1right6)]-beta-
> D-mannosyl-(1right4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl-
> (1right4)-N-acetyl-beta-D-glucosaminyl}asparagine) 6-alpha-L- 
> fucosyltransferase activity
>
> Probably related to EC number conversion
>
> The column only allows 255 characters.  This crashed both last  
> nights godb loads and SGDs load.
>
> Do we really like this synonym enough to extend the column?  Does  
> OBO-Edit have a column size check?
>
> Ben
>
> --
> Ben Hitz
> Senior Scientific Programmer ** Saccharomyces Genome Database ** GO  
> Consortium
> Stanford University ** hitz at genome.stanford.edu
>
>
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