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[SO-devel] Re: annotating to pseudogenes
Judith Blake
jblake at informatics.jax.org
Tue Mar 14 07:56:06 PST 2006
I think that what we have here is the fact that the same object can be
classified in different ways. In regards to structural yet not
functional similarity to a functional gene, we classify something as a
'pseudogene'. This seems to be a instance of a genome feature that has
a function in a different way that that associated with its homolog.
So in one classification/definition it is a 'gene' [functional genome
feature]. In another, it's a pseudogene [see definition below].
I would think perhaps that when a feature classified as a pseudogene is
determined to have a function, it would be reclassified......
Judy
val at sanger.ac.uk wrote:
>But there is alway one....
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>PMID: 12721631
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>Nature. 2003 May 1;423(6935):91-6.
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>An expressed pseudogene regulates the messenger-RNA stability of its homologous
>coding gene.
>Hirotsune S, Yoshida N, Chen A, Garrett L, Sugiyama F, Takahashi S, Yagami K,
>Wynshaw-Boris A, Yoshiki A
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>Quoting chris mungall <cjm at fruitfly.org>:
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>>Yes, I agree. pseudogenes have no function by definition, so they would
>>have no GO annotation.
>>
>>On Mar 13, 2006, at 3:48 PM, Suzanna Lewis wrote:
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>>>Hmm, this seems to me to raise some questions regarding dual uses for
>>>unknown. It the case of gene products where you simply do not *yet*
>>>known the function they are annotated to 'unknown'. But conversely, if
>>>we look at the definition from the SO, a pseudogene is clearly
>>>something that has *no* function:
>>>
>>>"Pseudogene: A sequence that closely resembles a known functional
>>>gene, at another locus within a genome, that is *non-functional* as a
>>>consequence of (usually several) mutations that prevent either its
>>>transcription or translation (or both). In general, pseudogenes result
>>>from either reverse transcription of a transcript of their "normal"
>>>paralog (SO:0000043) (in which case the pseudogene typically lacks
>>>introns and includes a poly(A) tail) or from recombination
>>>(SO:0000044) (in which case the pseudogene is typically a tandem
>>>duplication of its "normal" paralog)."
>>>
>>>http://song.sourceforge.net/SO_view/index.html
>>>(caution, may take some time to load)
>>>
>>>Annotating pseudogenes to "unknown" implies that they have a function
>>>(but it is not yet known), but pseudogenes have no function by
>>>definition, so there is a contradiction.
>>>
>>>-S
>>>
>>>On Mar 13, 2006, at 12:02 PM, Rama Balakrishnan wrote:
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>>>>Hi Sue,
>>>>
>>>>At SGD, we also annotate pseudogenes to unknown.
>>>>
>>>>rama
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>>>>On Mar 13, 2006, at 11:49 AM, Pascale Gaudet wrote:
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>>>>>Hi Sue,
>>>>>
>>>>>At dictyBase we annotate pseudogenes to unknown.
>>>>>
>>>>>Pascale
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>At 11:45 AM 3/13/2006 -0800, Sue Rhee wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>>Hi all:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We are discussing whether/how to annotate to pseudogenes at TAIR.
>>>>>>We are debating whether to annotate them to 'unknown' terms or not
>>>>>>annotate them at all. I'd like to know how the other MODs are
>>>>>>handling them.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Thanks for your input,
>>>>>>Sue
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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