Nucleic Acid Ontology

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Execute as formal rules, not pseudocode.

flow "NucleicAcidOntology" v1.0

ENTITY NucleicAcidOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Biochemistry
 SUBJECT: NucleicAcid
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

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

ENTITY NucleicAcid {
 IS_A: BiologicalMacromolecule
 COMPOSED_OF: Nucleotide
 MAY_BE: [DNA, RNA]
 FUNCTIONS_IN: [GeneticInformationStorage, InformationTransfer, Regulation, Catalysis]
}

ENTITY Nucleotide {
 IS_A: NucleicAcidMonomer
 COMPOSED_OF: [NitrogenousBase, PentoseSugar, PhosphateGroup]
}

ENTITY Nucleoside {
 COMPOSED_OF: [NitrogenousBase, PentoseSugar]
 LACKS: PhosphateGroup
}

ENTITY NitrogenousBase {
 MAY_BE: [Purine, Pyrimidine]
}

ENTITY Purine { MAY_BE: [Adenine, Guanine] }
ENTITY Pyrimidine { MAY_BE: [Cytosine, Thymine, Uracil] }

ENTITY PentoseSugar {
 MAY_BE: [Ribose, Deoxyribose]
}

ENTITY PhosphodiesterBond {
 CONNECTS: AdjacentNucleotides
 FORMS: SugarPhosphateBackbone
}

ENTITY NucleicAcidSequence {
 IS_ORDERED_LIST_OF: Nucleotide
 HAS: Direction
}

RULE SequenceDirectionRule {
 NucleicAcidSequence MUST_BE_REPRESENTED_WITH direction
 DEFAULT_DIRECTION: "5-prime to 3-prime"
}

ENTITY DNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: NucleicAcid
 STORES: GeneticInformation
 TYPICALLY_CONTAINS: [Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Thymine]
}

ENTITY DoubleStrandedDNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: DNA
 COMPOSED_OF: TwoComplementaryStrands
}

RULE DNABasePairing {
 Adenine PAIRS_WITH Thymine
 Guanine PAIRS_WITH Cytosine
}

ENTITY RNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: NucleicAcid
 TYPICALLY_CONTAINS: [Adenine, Guanine, Cytosine, Uracil]
 MAY_BE: [mRNA, tRNA, rRNA, RegulatoryRNA, CatalyticRNA]
}

ENTITY mRNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: RNA
 CARRIES: CodingInformation
 MAY_BE_TRANSLATED_TO: Polypeptide
}

ENTITY tRNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: RNA
 CARRIES: AminoAcid
 HAS: Anticodon
}

ENTITY rRNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: RNA
 PART_OF: Ribosome
}

ENTITY RegulatoryRNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: RNA
 MAY_MODULATE: GeneExpression
}

ENTITY CatalyticRNA {
 SUBCLASS_OF: RNA
 MAY_CATALYSE: BiochemicalReaction
}

RULE RNABasePairing {
 Adenine MAY_PAIR_WITH Uracil
 Guanine MAY_PAIR_WITH Cytosine
}

ENTITY SequenceMotif {
 IS_A: RecurringNucleotidePattern
 MAY_HAVE: StructuralOrFunctionalRole
}

PROCESS DNAReplication {
 INPUT: DNA
 OUTPUT: DNA
 TEMPLATE_DEPENDENT: true
 CATALYSED_BY: DNA_Polymerase
}

ENTITY DNA_Polymerase {
 IS_A: Enzyme
 CATALYSES: DNA_Synthesis
}

PROCESS Transcription {
 INPUT: DNA
 OUTPUT: RNA
 CATALYSED_BY: RNA_Polymerase
}

ENTITY RNA_Polymerase {
 IS_A: Enzyme
 CATALYSES: RNA_Synthesis
}

PROCESS RNAProcessing {
 TARGET: PrimaryRNA
 MAY_INCLUDE: [FivePrimeCapping, Splicing, Polyadenylation, RNAEditing]
 PRODUCES: ProcessedRNA
}

PROCESS Splicing {
 REMOVES: Intron
 JOINS: Exon
}

ENTITY Intron {
 IS_A: TranscriptRegion
 MAY_BE_REMOVED_BY: Splicing
}

ENTITY Exon {
 IS_A: TranscriptRegion
 MAY_BE_RETAINED_IN: MatureRNA
}

PROCESS Translation {
 INPUT: mRNA
 OUTPUT: Polypeptide
 EXECUTED_BY: Ribosome
}

ENTITY Codon {
 IS_A: NucleotideTriplet
 PART_OF: mRNA
 MAY_ENCODE: AminoAcidOrSignal
}

ENTITY Anticodon {
 PART_OF: tRNA
 RECOGNIZES: Codon
}

ENTITY NucleicAcidStructure {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [PrimaryStructure, SecondaryStructure, TertiaryStructure]
}

ENTITY NucleicAcidPrimaryStructure {
 DEFINED_BY: NucleotideSequence
}

ENTITY NucleicAcidSecondaryStructure {
 RESULTS_FROM: BasePairingAndLocalFolding
}

ENTITY Hairpin {
 IS_A: NucleicAcidSecondaryStructure
 MAY_FORM_BY: IntramolecularBasePairing
}

PROCESS NucleicAcidDenaturation {
 DISRUPTS: BasePairing
 MAY_BE_CAUSED_BY: [Heat, ChemicalConditions, ExtremePH]
}

PROCESS Hybridisation {
 FORMS: Duplex
 BETWEEN: ComplementaryNucleicAcidStrands
}

ENTITY MeltingTemperature {
 SYMBOL: Tm
 DEPENDS_ON: [Sequence, Length, GCContent, IonicConditions]
}

ENTITY SequenceVariant {
 DIFFERS_FROM: ReferenceSequence
 MAY_AFFECT: NucleicAcidFunction
}

ENTITY NucleicAcidDamage {
 MAY_AFFECT: DNAOrRNA
 MAY_ALTER: ChemicalStructure
}

PROCESS DNARepair {
 TARGET: DNADamage
 MAY_RESTORE: DNAIntegrity
}

RULE DamageMutationDistinction {
 DNADamage != Mutation
 UNLESS damage_becomes_fixed_as_sequence_change
}

ENTITY Nuclease {
 IS_A: Enzyme
 CLEAVES: NucleicAcid
}

ENTITY DNase {
 SUBCLASS_OF: Nuclease
 TARGETS: DNA
}

ENTITY RNase {
 SUBCLASS_OF: Nuclease
 TARGETS: RNA
}

PROCESS NucleicAcidModification {
 TARGET: NucleicAcid
 MAY_CHANGE: [ChemicalState, Stability, Recognition, Function]
}

ENTITY DNA_Methylation {
 SUBCLASS_OF: NucleicAcidModification
 TARGET: DNA
}

ENTITY RNA_Modification {
 SUBCLASS_OF: NucleicAcidModification
 TARGET: RNA
}

ENTITY Genome {
 REPRESENTS: GeneticMaterialOfOrganismOrCell
}

ENTITY Transcriptome {
 REPRESENTS: CollectionOfRNA_Transcripts
 WITHIN: DefinedBiologicalContext
}

ENTITY NucleicAcidBindingProtein {
 IS_A: Protein
 BINDS: DNAOrRNA
}

ENTITY DNA_BindingProtein {
 SUBCLASS_OF: NucleicAcidBindingProtein
 BINDS: DNA
}

ENTITY RNA_BindingProtein {
 SUBCLASS_OF: NucleicAcidBindingProtein
 BINDS: RNA
}

PROCESS NucleicAcidAnalysis {
 MAY_USE: [Sequencing, PCR, Electrophoresis, HybridisationAssay, Spectroscopy, StructuralAnalysis]
}

PROCESS Sequencing {
 DETERMINES: NucleicAcidSequence
}

PROCESS PCR {
 AMPLIFIES: DefinedDNARegion
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [SequencingEvidence, BiochemicalEvidence, StructuralEvidence, GeneticEvidence, TranscriptomicEvidence, GenomicEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

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

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_assertions
  RECORD nucleic_acid_identity
  RECORD sequence_direction
  RECORD molecule_type
  RECORD biological_context
  RECORD analytical_method
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION NucleicAcid COMPOSED_OF Nucleotide
RELATION Nucleotide CONNECTED_BY PhosphodiesterBond
RELATION DNA STORES GeneticInformation
RELATION RNA MAY_TRANSFER GeneticInformation
RELATION DNAReplication COPIES DNA
RELATION Transcription PRODUCES RNA
RELATION mRNA USED_BY Translation
RELATION Nuclease CLEAVES NucleicAcid
RELATION NucleicAcid MAY_BIND NucleicAcidBindingProtein

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "nucleic acid" ~= "polynucleotide" WHEN polymer_context_is_defined
 "DNA" ~= "deoxyribonucleic acid"
 "RNA" ~= "ribonucleic acid"
 "nucleotide sequence" ~= "nucleic acid sequence"
 "base pairing" ~= "complementary nucleotide pairing" WHEN sequence_context
}

CONFIDENCE NucleicAcidAssertion {
 INPUTS: [sequence_quality, chemical_identity_support, structural_support, biochemical_support, genomic_or_transcriptomic_support, experimental_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 MoleculeClassification {
 IF sugar == Deoxyribose AND bases_include Thymine
 THEN molecule MAY_BE DNA
 ELSE IF sugar == Ribose AND bases_include Uracil
 THEN molecule MAY_BE RNA
 WITH exceptions_and_modified_bases_considered
}

RULE ComplementInference {
 IF NucleicAcidSequence IS_KNOWN
 THEN complementary_sequence MAY_BE_DERIVED
 USING molecule_specific_base_pairing
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF nucleic_acid_abundance correlates_with biological_state
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_role
 WITHOUT functional_evidence
}

QUERY NucleicAcidLookup(identifier) {
 RETURN [identity, molecule_type, nucleotide_sequence, strand_direction, structure, modifications, functions, binding_partners, genomic_or_transcriptomic_context, synthesis_and_degradation, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY SequenceLookup(sequence_identifier) {
 RETURN [molecule_type, sequence, length, direction, complementary_sequence, motifs, variants, structural_features, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_nucleic_acid_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  normalize_nucleic_acid_identifier()
  identify_organism_and_biological_context()
  determine_DNA_or_RNA_type()
  normalize_sequence_and_direction()
  capture_modification_state()
  map_structural_features_and_motifs()
  map_binding_and_functional_relationships()
  record_analytical_method()
  compare_existing_assertions()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_nucleic_acid_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [nucleic_acid_identity, DNA_or_RNA_type, nucleotide_sequence, strand_direction, structure, modification_state, biological_context, interaction_context, analytical_method, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [distinguish_nucleotide_from_nucleoside, distinguish_DNA_from_RNA, preserve_sequence_direction, preserve_molecule_type, preserve_species_context, preserve_chemical_modification_state, distinguish_damage_from_mutation, distinguish_sequence_from_structure, distinguish_abundance_from_function, distinguish_observed_from_inferred_function]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE NucleicAcid
 REQUIRE Nucleotide
 REQUIRE DNA
 REQUIRE RNA
 REQUIRE PhosphodiesterBond
 REQUIRE NucleicAcidSequence
 REQUIRE DNAReplication
 REQUIRE Transcription
 REQUIRE NucleicAcidStructure
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT Nucleotide != Nucleoside
 ASSERT DNA != RNA
 ASSERT DNADamage != Mutation
 ASSERT sequence != structure
 ASSERT abundance != causal_function
}

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 "NucleicAcidOntology"