material metabolic inducer

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

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

SubClass Of: material functional inducer

Class Hierarchy

owl:Thing › bfo:entity › bfo:continuant › bfo:independent continuant › bfo:material entity › material functional inducer › material metabolic inducer

Definition

material entity with a material metabolic inducer role

Semi-Formal Definition:

every instance of ‘material metabolic inducer’ is defined as exactly an instance of ‘material functional inducer’ that ‘has role’ some ‘material metabolic inducer role’

Explanatory Notes

See the expanded definition under the corresponding role class. The term is formalized here as a defined class by referring to its corresponding role class and exists primarily for ontological modeling and implementation convenience.

Examples

• Lactose as a metabolic inducer in E. coli cell culture via lac operon activation; Arabinose serving as a metabolic inducer in gut microbial communities; Hydrocarbons acting as metabolic inducers in soil bacteria activating catabolic pathways

Adapted From

• https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3815394/

Formal Axioms

First-Order Logic Definition

MaterialMetabolicInducer(x) ↔ MaterialFunctionalInducer(x) ∧ ∃r(MaterialMetabolicInducerRole(r) ∧ hasRole(x, r))

Description Logic

constr:MaterialMetabolicInducer ≡ constr:MaterialFunctionalInducer ⊓ ∃ constr:hasRole .constr:MaterialMetabolicInducerRole

constr:MaterialMetabolicInducer ⊑ constr:MaterialFunctionalInducer

EquivalentTo: constr:MaterialFunctionalInducer and constr:hasRole some constr:MaterialMetabolicInducerRole

SubClassOf: constr:MaterialFunctionalInducer