- From: Michel_Dumontier <Michel_Dumontier@carleton.ca>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2007 18:20:34 -0400
- To: satya30@uga.edu, Michel_Dumontier <Michel_Dumontier@carleton.ca>, Darren Natale <dan5@georgetown.edu>
- Cc: Eric Jain <Eric.Jain@isb-sib.ch>, Alan Ruttenberg <alanruttenberg@gmail.com>, Chris Mungall <cjm@fruitfly.org>, Bijan Parsia <bparsia@cs.man.ac.uk>, public-semweb-lifesci hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
> Many post-translational modifications like glycosylation > (http://www.functionalglycomics.org/static/index.shtml)in proteins > fundamentally change the (functional) 'nature' of the protein (as also the > molecular structure of the protein in case of glycosylation through > addition of sugar chains (glycans)). Absolutely, but I would go further and state that any chemical modification will change the fundamental type, and this will necessarily change dispositions to realizing certain functions. -=Michel=-
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