Cellular Respiration Ontology

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flow "CellularRespirationOntology" v1.0

ENTITY CellularRespirationOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Biochemistry
 SUBJECT: CellularRespiration
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Cellular Respiration Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Biochemistry"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/biochemistry/cellular-respiration-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

PROCESS CellularRespiration {
 IS_A: MetabolicProcess
 OXIDIZES: MetabolicFuel
 CONSERVES_ENERGY_AS: [ATP, ReducedElectronCarriers, ElectrochemicalGradient]
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Glycolysis, PyruvateOxidation, CitricAcidCycle, ElectronTransportChain, OxidativePhosphorylation]
}

ENTITY MetabolicFuel {
 MAY_BE: [Carbohydrate, FattyAcid, AminoAcid]
 PROVIDES: CarbonAndOrElectrons
}

PROCESS Glycolysis {
 SUBPROCESS_OF: CellularRespiration
 INPUT: Glucose
 OUTPUT: Pyruvate
 PRODUCES: [ATP, NADH]
 OCCURS_IN: Cytosol
}

PROCESS SubstrateLevelPhosphorylation {
 PRODUCES: ATPOrGTP
 BY: DirectPhosphorylTransfer
 TO: ADPOrGDP
}

PROCESS PyruvateOxidation {
 INPUT: Pyruvate
 OUTPUT: AcetylCoA
 PRODUCES: [NADH, CarbonDioxide]
}

ENTITY PyruvateDehydrogenaseComplex {
 IS_A: EnzymeComplex
 CATALYSES: PyruvateOxidation
}

PROCESS CitricAcidCycle {
 SUBPROCESS_OF: CellularRespiration
 INPUT: AcetylCoA
 PRODUCES: [NADH, FADH2, GTPOrATP, CarbonDioxide]
 REGENERATES: CycleAcceptor
}

ENTITY NADPlus {
 IS_A: OxidizedElectronCarrier
 MAY_BE_REDUCED_TO: NADH
}

ENTITY NADH {
 IS_A: ReducedElectronCarrier
 MAY_DONATE: Electrons
 TO: ElectronTransportChain
}

ENTITY FAD {
 IS_A: OxidizedElectronCarrier
 MAY_BE_REDUCED_TO: FADH2
}

ENTITY FADH2 {
 IS_A: ReducedElectronCarrier
 MAY_DONATE: Electrons
 TO: ElectronTransportChain
}

PROCESS ElectronTransportChain {
 SUBPROCESS_OF: CellularRespiration
 TRANSFERS: Electrons
 THROUGH: MembraneAssociatedElectronCarriers
 COUPLES_TO: ProtonTranslocation
}

ENTITY TerminalElectronAcceptor {
 ACCEPTS: Electrons
 AT_END_OF: RespiratoryElectronTransport
}

PROCESS AerobicRespiration {
 SUBCLASS_OF: CellularRespiration
 USES: Oxygen
 AS: TerminalElectronAcceptor
}

PROCESS AnaerobicRespiration {
 SUBCLASS_OF: CellularRespiration
 USES: TerminalElectronAcceptorOtherThanOxygen
}

RULE AnaerobicRespirationDistinction {
 AnaerobicRespiration != Fermentation
 WHEN electron_transport_chain_and_external_terminal_acceptor_are_used
}

ENTITY ProtonMotiveForce {
 IS_A: ElectrochemicalPotential
 ACROSS: EnergyTransducingMembrane
 COMPOSED_OF: [ChemicalGradientComponent, ElectricalPotentialComponent]
}

PROCESS ProtonTranslocation {
 MOVES: Protons
 ACROSS: Membrane
 MAY_GENERATE: ProtonMotiveForce
}

PROCESS OxidativePhosphorylation {
 SUBPROCESS_OF: CellularRespiration
 COUPLES: ElectronTransport
 TO: ATPProduction
 THROUGH: ProtonMotiveForce
}

ENTITY ATPSynthase {
 IS_A: EnzymeComplex
 USES: ProtonMotiveForce
 CATALYSES: ATPFormation
 FROM: [ADP, InorganicPhosphate]
}

RULE ChemiosmoticCoupling {
 IF ProtonMotiveForce drives_proton_flow_through ATPSynthase
 THEN ATP MAY_BE_SYNTHESIZED
}

ENTITY RespiratoryMembrane {
 CONTAINS: [ElectronTransportComponents, ATPSynthase]
 MAINTAINS: IonGradient
}

ENTITY Mitochondrion {
 IS_A: Organelle
 MAY_HOST: [PyruvateOxidation, CitricAcidCycle, ElectronTransportChain, OxidativePhosphorylation]
}

PROCESS Fermentation {
 REGENERATES: OxidizedElectronCarrier
 WITHOUT_REQUIRING: RespiratoryElectronTransportChain
}

ENTITY OxygenConsumptionRate {
 DESCRIBES: RateOfOxygenUse
 MAY_REFLECT: AerobicRespiratoryActivity
}

RULE OxygenConsumptionConstraint {
 oxygen_consumption_rate != ATP_production_rate
 WITHOUT coupling_and_stoichiometric_information
}

PROCESS RespiratoryUncoupling {
 DISSOCIATES: ElectronTransport
 FROM: ATPProduction
 BY: DissipatingProtonMotiveForceOrCoupling
}

ENTITY RespiratoryInhibitor {
 INHIBITS: RespiratoryComponent
 MAY_REDUCE: [ElectronTransport, ProtonMotiveForce, ATPProduction]
}

ENTITY ReactiveOxygenSpecies {
 ABBREVIATION: ROS
 MAY_FORM_DURING: ElectronTransport
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Superoxide, HydrogenPeroxide]
}

PROCESS FattyAcidOxidation {
 PRODUCES: [AcetylCoA, NADH, FADH2]
 MAY_FEED: CellularRespiration
}

PROCESS AminoAcidCatabolism {
 MAY_PRODUCE: RespiratoryIntermediates
}

PROCESS RespiratoryRegulation {
 MAY_MODULATE: [Glycolysis, PyruvateOxidation, CitricAcidCycle, ElectronTransport, ATPProduction]
}

ENTITY EnergyDemand {
 MAY_INFLUENCE: RespiratoryFlux
}

ENTITY OxygenAvailability {
 MAY_LIMIT: AerobicRespiration
}

RULE RespiratoryControlRule {
 respiratory_flux MAY_DEPEND_ON [energy_demand, substrate_availability, terminal_acceptor_availability, enzyme_activity, membrane_coupling]
}

PROCESS RespirationMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [OxygenConsumption, CarbonDioxideProduction, ATPProduction, MembranePotential, NADHState, MetaboliteFlux]
}

ENTITY Respirometry {
 MEASURES: RespiratoryGasOrOxygenFlux
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [BiochemicalEvidence, BioenergeticEvidence, RespirometricEvidence, MetabolomicEvidence, FluxomicEvidence, EnzymaticEvidence, MembranePotentialEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_respiratory_models
  RECORD organism
  RECORD cell_type
  RECORD substrate
  RECORD terminal_electron_acceptor
  RECORD oxygen_state
  RECORD compartment
  RECORD assay_method
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION CellularRespiration OXIDIZES MetabolicFuel
RELATION Glycolysis PRODUCES Pyruvate
RELATION PyruvateOxidation PRODUCES AcetylCoA
RELATION CitricAcidCycle PRODUCES ReducedElectronCarriers
RELATION NADH DONATES_ELECTRONS_TO ElectronTransportChain
RELATION ElectronTransportChain MAY_GENERATE ProtonMotiveForce
RELATION ProtonMotiveForce MAY_DRIVE ATPSynthase
RELATION ATPSynthase PRODUCES ATP
RELATION Oxygen MAY_BE TerminalElectronAcceptor

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "cellular respiration" ~= "respiratory energy metabolism" WHEN biochemical_context
 "electron transport chain" ~= "respiratory electron transport chain" WHEN respiration_context
 "oxidative phosphorylation" ~= "respiratory phosphorylation" WHEN respiration_context
 "proton motive force" ~= "proton electrochemical gradient" WHEN membrane_energy_context
 "ETC" ~= "electron transport chain"
}

CONFIDENCE CellularRespirationAssertion {
 INPUTS: [biochemical_support, respirometric_support, bioenergetic_support, metabolomic_support, flux_support, enzyme_support, membrane_potential_support, replication, source_independence, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE AerobicRespirationInference {
 IF Oxygen IS_terminal_electron_acceptor
 AND electron_transport_and_ATP_generation_are_supported
 THEN AerobicRespiration MAY_BE_INFERRED
}

RULE AnaerobicRespirationInference {
 IF nonoxygen_terminal_acceptor IS_USED
 AND respiratory_electron_transport IS_PRESENT
 THEN AnaerobicRespiration MAY_BE_INFERRED
}

RULE CouplingInference {
 IF electron_transport generates_proton_motive_force
 AND ATPSynthase uses_that_gradient
 THEN oxidative_phosphorylation_coupling MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF oxygen_consumption correlates_with ATP_level
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER direct_ATP_production_rate
 WITHOUT coupling_and_flux_evidence
}

QUERY CellularRespirationLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [organism, cell_type, fuel, glycolysis, pyruvate_oxidation, citric_acid_cycle, electron_transport, terminal_electron_acceptor, proton_motive_force, oxidative_phosphorylation, ATP_production, regulation, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY RespiratoryFluxLookup(context_identifier) {
 RETURN [substrate_consumption, oxygen_or_acceptor_consumption, carbon_dioxide_production, electron_carrier_state, membrane_potential, ATP_flux, coupling_efficiency, inhibitors_or_uncouplers, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY RespiratoryComponentLookup(component_identifier) {
 RETURN [identity, location, substrates, products, electron_donors, electron_acceptors, proton_translocation, inhibitors, regulation, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_cellular_respiration_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_organism_cell_type_and_compartment()
  normalize_metabolite_enzyme_and_complex_identifiers()
  identify_metabolic_fuel()
  identify_terminal_electron_acceptor()
  capture_oxygen_and_energy_state()
  map_glycolytic_TCA_and_electron_transport_relationships()
  map_proton_motive_force_and_ATP_coupling()
  capture_respiration_measurement_method_and_timepoint()
  compare_existing_respiratory_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_respiration_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [respiration_type, metabolic_fuel, electron_carriers, terminal_electron_acceptor, proton_motive_force, ATP_coupling, compartment, respiratory_flux, measurement_method, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [distinguish_aerobic_from_anaerobic_respiration, distinguish_respiration_from_fermentation, preserve_species_and_cell_type_context, preserve_substrate_context, preserve_terminal_electron_acceptor, preserve_compartment, distinguish_oxygen_consumption_from_ATP_flux, distinguish_electron_transport_from_oxidative_phosphorylation, distinguish_coupled_from_uncoupled_respiration, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE CellularRespiration
 REQUIRE Glycolysis
 REQUIRE PyruvateOxidation
 REQUIRE CitricAcidCycle
 REQUIRE ElectronTransportChain
 REQUIRE AerobicRespiration
 REQUIRE AnaerobicRespiration
 REQUIRE ProtonMotiveForce
 REQUIRE OxidativePhosphorylation
 REQUIRE ATPSynthase
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT AnaerobicRespiration != Fermentation
 ASSERT ElectronTransportChain != OxidativePhosphorylation
 ASSERT oxygen_consumption_rate != ATP_production_rate
 ASSERT electron_transport != productive_ATP_coupling
 ASSERT correlation != causal_mechanism
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "CellularRespirationOntology"