[Transport] [Ontology-editors] calcium ion transport question

Alexander Diehl adiehl at informatics.jax.org
Fri Feb 6 11:53:40 PST 2009


Tanya,

According to CC, SR is a type of ER (which agrees with my understanding 
as well).  Therefore GO:0014808 should be a child of GO:0051209, not a 
sibling.

Thanks,

Alex



Tanya Berardini wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 11:04 AM, Chris Mungall <cjm at berkeleybop.org 
> <mailto:cjm at berkeleybop.org>> wrote:
>
>         Actually, we already have a term for 'calcium ion transport
>         into cytosol' (GO:0060402), which does not have the negative
>         regulation of sequestering parentage that GO:0051209 has. So
>         I'll make GO:0060402 an additional parent of GO:0051209.
>         That's consistent with everything here and in the ontology.
>
>
>     is_a parent?
>
>     That means GO:0060402 will have an only is_a child, which invites
>     the question, what kinds of GO:0060402 ! calcium ion transport
>     into cytosol are not kinds of GO:0051209 ! release of sequestered
>     calcium ion into cytosol?
>
>
> Legend:
>
> GO:0051209 = release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol
> GO:0060402 = calcium ion transport into cytosol
> GO:0014808 = release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol by 
> sarcoplasmic reticulum
>
>  GO:0051209 refers specifically release from "...endoplasmic reticulum 
> or mitochondria ...into the cytosolic compartment."    A sibling for 
> this under 60402 should be 'GO:0014808 release of sequestered calcium 
> ion into cytosol by sarcoplasmic reticulum' (Varsha's new term).  I'm 
> not too sure about 14808 being a child of 51209 since 51209 refers to 
> release from ER or mitochondria but not SR.
>
> Either: rename 51209 to include the ref to ER or mitochondria (not so 
> satisfactory because of the 'OR') or refine its definition to be more 
> broad (to include SR) and create child terms specific to mitochondria 
> and ER.
>
> Tanya
>
>
>
>
>     Also, shouldn't we make GO:0060402 an is_a child of
>     GO:0007204 ! elevation of cytosolic calcium ion concentration
>
>     ?
>
>
> Yes.  Looks like Midori has already done so.
>
>
>
>
>         m
>
>         On Fri, 6 Feb 2009, Alexander Diehl wrote:
>
>             Works for me.
>
>             -- Alex
>
>
>             Jane Lomax wrote:
>
>                 There we are then - we just need an exact synonym:
>                 'calcium ion transport into cytosol' and everyone's happy.
>                 Jane
>                 Alexander Diehl wrote:
>
>                     Hi,
>                     "Release" of calcium from the endoplasmic
>                     reticulum involves calcium channels in the ER, and
>                     thus fulfills the directional nature of calcium
>                     transport (PMID:11244045, PMID:17267286,
>                     PMID:18365243, PMID:17499354, among many others;
>                     this has, not surprisingly, been studied
>                     extensively in immunological signaling).  The use
>                     of the word "release" while imprecise, probably
>                     reflects the history of the way this phenomenon
>                     was discovered and described.  I imagine the
>                     linkage between the terms 'release of sequestered
>                     calcium ion into cytosol' (GO:0051209) and
>                     'calcium ion transport' (GO:0006816) reflects
>                     mostly that they were created by separate
>                     individuals at different times who were unaware of
>                     the other terms.  This has been fairly common in
>                     the GO over its history and other examples exist
>                     even today.
>                     I would like to remind people that Pubmed is a
>                     great source of answers to straightforward
>                     questions like this.  It doesn't make sense to
>                     deconstruct the meaning of a term endlessly
>                     without recourse to the literature, and better
>                     referencing of GO terms to the actual source
>                     literature, would help.
>                     As for Jane's point, I would argue that the
>                     "release of sequestered calcium ion into cytosol"
>                     is_a calcium transport under a different name.
>                     However the term clearly needs regulation terms
>                     attached to it, since a variety of signaling
>                     pathways trigger this type of transport.  I do not
>                     see any TPV here, just language that matches the
>                     scientific literature.
>                     Thanks,
>                     Alex
>                     Jane Lomax wrote:
>
>                         Should be part_of - e.g. transmembrane
>                         transport during release of sequestered
>                         calcium ion into cytosol part_of release of
>                         sequestered calcium ion into cytosol.
>                         Otherwise you'll probably run into tpvs later
>                         down the line.
>                         Jane
>                         Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark) wrote:
>
>                             Is that a problem?
>                             Jen
>                             Jane Lomax wrote:
>
>                                 But surely 'release of sequestered
>                                 calcium ion into cytosol' is a process
>                                 that /involves/ transmembrane
>                                 transport rather than being
>                                 transmembrane transport itself?
>                                 Jane
>                                 Jennifer Deegan (nee Clark) wrote:
>
>                                     Hi,
>                                     If it's through a transmembrane
>                                     transporter then I agree that it's
>                                     very straightforward and that the
>                                     relationship should be made.
>                                     Jen
>                                     Valerie Wood wrote:
>
>                                         I don't know.
>                                         I can't think of any of these
>                                         processes which don't involve
>                                         transmembrane transporters as
>                                         they are crossing
>                                         compartmental boundaries.
>                                         As the current def says
>                                         "The process by which calcium
>                                         ions sequestered in the
>                                         endoplasmic reticulum or
>                                         mitochondria are released into
>                                         the cytosolic compartment"
>                                         then we can assume that this
>                                         is transmembrane transport
>                                         and at some level a a calcium
>                                         transporter is activated
>                                         (usually a voltage gated ion
>                                         channel) for the release to
>                                         occur. So it could probably
>                                          be under 'transmembrane
>                                         transport"
>                                         Val
>                                         Midori Harris
>                                         <midori at ebi.ac.uk
>                                         <mailto:midori at ebi.ac.uk>> wrote:
>
>                                             Thanks for the comments so
>                                             far; looking forward to
>                                             hearing more from the
>                                             transport experts.
>                                             I'm adding Varsha to the
>                                             recipients so she can see
>                                             what's happening (the SF
>                                             request that prompted this
>                                             was hers).
>                                             m
>                                             On Fri, 6 Feb 2009,
>                                             Jennifer Deegan (nee
>                                             Clark) wrote:
>
>                                                 Yes I agree. I think
>                                                 that the transport
>                                                 definition is very
>                                                 general and I'm in
>                                                 some doubt about how
>                                                 general it was
>                                                 intended to be, and
>                                                 whether we still stand
>                                                 by that intention. How
>                                                 'directed' should the
>                                                 transport be, and do
>                                                 we really mean 'via,
>                                                 or with the assistance
>                                                 of a transporter
>                                                 protein complex'?
>                                                 I would be interested
>                                                 to hear whether the
>                                                 domain experts think
>                                                 that release of
>                                                 sequestered calcium
>                                                 ions into cytosol
>                                                 should count as
>                                                 directed. If the
>                                                 calcium ions had been
>                                                 transported from one
>                                                 location to another in
>                                                 vesicles, and then
>                                                 released, then I think
>                                                 that this could count
>                                                 as directed. However
>                                                 this def specifies
>                                                 that the ions are
>                                                 released from the
>                                                 endoplasmic reticulum
>                                                 or mitochondrion. This
>                                                 seems less directed,
>                                                 but I would like to
>                                                 have a better idea of
>                                                 the background of this
>                                                 process. Does anybody
>                                                 know off-hand?
>                                                 Does anybody else have
>                                                 any idea of how
>                                                 restrictive the
>                                                 transport terms were
>                                                 intended to be, or how
>                                                 restrictive they
>                                                 should be now? In our
>                                                 usual GO way, I could
>                                                 see the top transport
>                                                 term being general
>                                                 enough to capture all
>                                                 transport.
>                                                 Jen
>                                                 Chris Mungall wrote:
>
>                                                     thought transport
>                                                     sensu GO meant
>                                                     *directed* movement.
>                                                     If I were to sneak
>                                                     into a zoo at
>                                                     night and unlock
>                                                     all the cages,
>                                                     would I be
>                                                     directing all the
>                                                     monkeys and lions
>                                                     into the
>                                                     surrounding city?
>                                                     I guess it depends
>                                                     on my intentions.
>                                                     I think it's
>                                                     similar here.
>                                                     There is a hidden
>                                                     notion of agency
>                                                     in the GO
>                                                     definition of
>                                                     transport. Of
>                                                     course, cells have
>                                                     no intentions, but
>                                                     gene products have
>                                                     evolved to carry
>                                                     out some role, so
>                                                     there is a form of
>                                                     agency here. Even
>                                                     so it may be
>                                                     easier if describe
>                                                     processes rather
>                                                     than ascribing goals.
>                                                     On Feb 5, 2009, at
>                                                     4:00 AM, Midori
>                                                     Harris wrote:
>
>                                                         just
>                                                         re-sending
>                                                         with a subject
>                                                         line ...
>                                                         On Thu, 5 Feb
>                                                         2009, Midori
>                                                         Harris wrote:
>
>                                                             Hi,
>                                                             Is anyone
>                                                             aware of
>                                                             any reason
>                                                             why
>                                                             'release
>                                                             of
>                                                             sequestered
>                                                             calcium
>                                                             ion into
>                                                             cytosol'
>                                                             (GO:0051209)
>                                                             has no
>                                                             relationship
>                                                             to
>                                                             'calcium
>                                                             ion
>                                                             transport'
>                                                             (GO:0006816)?
>                                                             If not, I
>                                                             think it
>                                                             would make
>                                                             sense to add.
>                                                             This came
>                                                             up as part
>                                                             of SF 2560505:
>                                                             https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2560505&group_id=36855&atid=440764
>                                                             <https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2560505&group_id=36855&atid=440764> Thanks,
>                                                             Midori
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