Class: Molecule

A molecule is a single chemical entity composed of fully covalently bonded atoms.

URI: sio:Molecule

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Parents

  • is_a: ChemicalEntity - A chemical entity is a material entity that pertains to chemistry.

Children

  • Antigen - An antigen is a molecule that can be bound by a major histocompatibility complex (MHC) and presented to a T-cell receptor.
  • Isomer - An isomer is a molecule that is compositionally identical to another molecule as a result of a different atomic connectivity.
  • Ligand - A ligand is a molecule that is part of a complex by weakly interacting with another molecule.
  • MolecularRegulator - A molecular regulator is a molecule that regulates the function of another chemical entity.
  • OrganicMolecule - An organic molecule is a molecule composed of organic atoms (at least carbon, hydrogen, and optionally oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, sulfur)
  • Polymer - A polymer is a molecule composed of a connected set of monomeric residues.
  • Product - None
  • Signal - A signal is an object that initiates a sequence of events.
  • SignalTransducer - A signal transducer is a molecule that responds to and amplifies a signal in a signalling system.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from ChemicalEntity:

  • hasCreator 0..1
    • Description: has creator is a relation between an entity and that which created it.
    • Range: Entity

  • hasAttribute 0..1

    • Description: has attribute is a relation that associates a entity with an attribute where an attribute is an intrinsic characteristic such as a quality, capability, disposition, function, or is an externally derived attribute determined from some descriptor (e.g. a quantity, position, label/identifier) either directly or indirectly through generalization of entities of the same type.

    • Range: Entity

    • satisfies 0..1

    • Description: satisfies is a relation between an entity and the specification or objective that it conforms to.

    • Range: Description

    • isRelatedTo 0..1
    • Description: A is related to B iff there is some relation between A and B.
    • Range: Entity
    • derivesInto 0..1

    • Description: a derives to b if and only if a or some part thereof is consumed in the formation of b.

    • Range: Object