[Ontology-editors] [Go] [Fwd: GO: alcohol dehydrogenase]

[Midori Harris]

Hi Noel & Pankaj,

This is a good point; thanks for bringing it to our attention. I've 
created a SourceForge entry and will work on it in the next day or two:

https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2810222&group_id=36855&atid=440764

Cheers,
Midori

p.s. For this sort of question about ontology terms, the best thing to do 
is ceate a SourceForge entry; if that's too much bother, the next best 
thing is to email the Ontology Editors list (cc'd on this).


On Fri, 19 Jun 2009, Pankaj Jaiswal (OSU) wrote:

> Forwarding the request to GO.
>
> Pankaj
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: 	GO: alcohol dehydrogenase
> Date: 	Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:53:06 -0400
> From: 	Noel Yap <ivy1 at cornell.edu>
> To: 	Pankaj Jaiswal (OSU) <jaiswalp at science.oregonstate.edu>
>
>
>
> Pankaj,
>
> In the GO, there are several terms for the molecular function "alcohol
> dehydrogenase", depending on the exact enzyme action.
>
> http://dev.gramene.org/db/ontology/search?query=alcohol+dehydrogenase&x=0&y=0&ontology_type=GO 
> <http://dev.gramene.org/db/ontology/search?query=alcohol+dehydrogenase&x=0&y=0&ontology_type=GO>
>
> There is one term that is simply "alcohol dehydrogenase activity":
> http://dev.gramene.org/db/ontology/search?id=GO:0004022
>
> However this is misleading as this is specifically "alcohol
> dehydrogenase (NAD) activity".  A naive user (like me!) who isn't
> careful may thing that this term may be used to annotate his favorite
> gene when in fact some other term would be more appropriate.  Would it
> be possible to switch the term name and the synonym so users aren't misled?
>
> Noel
>