- From: Phillip Lord <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk>
- Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 12:20:34 +0000
- To: Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com>
- Cc: Mark Wilkinson <markw@illuminae.com>, W3C HCLSIG hcls <public-semweb-lifesci@w3.org>
Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli@gmail.com> writes: > Hello Philip, All, > > On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 1:05 PM, Phillip Lord > <phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk> wrote: >> My own feeling is that it's biology which wove the web; we're just >> caught in the middle. What role for the web and semantics? Well, I think >> we need a coordinated, controlled and defined way of expressing our >> mutual confusion. I'd love to have a clear definition of gene (or >> protein). In it's absence, a good way of expressing "err..." is probably >> the best we can do. > > I don't know whether the BioPAX Level 2 definition of protein is the > most useful one, but at least it sounds clear to me: > > protein = anything containing exactly one polypeptide chain > > Clear enough? So insulin is not a protein, wheras a dipeptide is? Besides which, the issue being discussed here is one of equality. When are two proteins the same protein? Phil
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