lipopolysaccharide
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Lipopolysaccharide
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 › lipopolysaccharide
Direct subclasses:
Definition
organic molecular entity that consists of lipid A covalently linked to a core oligosaccharide and, where present, an O-antigen polysaccharide
Examples
- Lipopolysaccharide from Escherichia coli detected as an endotoxin-related impurity in a process sample; E. coli O111:B4 lipopolysaccharide used as a reference or challenge material in endotoxin-related testing; Salmonella enterica lipopolysaccharide used as a representative Gram-negative bacterial LPS;
Adapted From
- http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CHEBI_16412
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
Lipopolysaccharide(x) → OrganicMolecularEntity(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is a ‘lipopolysaccharide’ then x is an ‘organic molecular entity’