nucleoside
IRI: https://spec.industrialontologies.org/ontology/construct/Nucleoside
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 › nucleoside
Direct subclasses:
Definition
organic molecular entity that consists of a nucleobase linked through a nitrogen atom to a sugar such as ribose or deoxyribose
Explanatory Notes
The nucleobase is typically adenine, guanine, cytosine, thymine, uracil, or xanthine. The sugar component is usually ribose or deoxyribose, forming an N-glycosidic bond.
Examples
- Adenosine; Cytidine; Guanosine; Uridine
Adapted From
- https://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/CHEBI:33838
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
Nucleoside(x) → OrganicMolecularEntity(x)
Semi-Formal Natural Language Axioms
if x is a ‘nucleoside’ then x is an ‘organic molecular entity’