complex N-glycolylneuraminic acid containing N-glycan moiety

IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/ComplexNGlycolylneuraminicAcidContainingNGlycanMoiety

Defined In: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/biopharma/MolecularEntity/

SubClass Of: complex sialylated N-glycan moiety

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing β€Ί bfo:entity β€Ί bfo:continuant β€Ί bfo:independent continuant β€Ί bfo:material entity β€Ί chemical moiety β€Ί N-glycan moiety β€Ί core pentasaccharide N-glycan moiety β€Ί biantennary complex N-glycan moiety β€Ί complex sialylated N-glycan moiety β€Ί complex N-glycolylneuraminic acid containing N-glycan moiety

Definition

complex sialylated N-glycan moiety that has as part one or more N-glycolylneuraminic acid (NGNA) residues

Semi-Formal Definition:

every instance of β€˜complex N-glycolylneuraminic acid containing N-glycan moiety’ is defined as exactly an instance of β€˜complex sialylated N-glycan moiety’ that β€˜has proper continuant part at all times’ some β€˜N-glycolylneuraminic acid residue’

Examples

  • Complex sialylated N-glycan moiety containing a terminal N-glycolylneuraminic acid residue; NGNA-containing complex N-glycan moiety detected during glycan profiling of a recombinant glycoprotein; Biantennary complex N-glycan moiety with one branch terminating in an N-glycolylneuraminic acid residue.

Adapted From

  • https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4634315/

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Definition

ComplexNGlycolylneuraminicAcidContainingNGlycanMoiety(x) ↔ ComplexSialylatedNGlycanMoiety(x) ∧ βˆƒy (hasProperContinuantPartAtAllTimes(x, y) ∧ NGlycolylneuraminicAcidResidue(y))

Description Logic


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