amino acid
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/AminoAcid
Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/MolecularEntity/
SubClass Of: organic molecular entity
Class Hierarchy
owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › molecular entity › organic molecular entity › amino acid
Direct subclasses:
Definition
organic molecular entity that contains a carboxyl group and one or more amino groups
Examples
- Alanine; Glycine; Lysine; Glutamic acid
Adapted From
- https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/CHEBI:33709
Primitive Class
This class is declared primitive and it does not have necessary and sufficient condiftions defined.
Primitive Rationale
See the primitive rationale under molecular entity
Formal Axioms
First-Order Logic Axioms
AminoAcid(x) → OrganicMolecularEntity(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is an ‘amino acid’ then x is an ‘organic molecular entity’