Class: OrganicMolecule

An organic molecule is a molecule composed of organic atoms (at least carbon, hydrogen, and optionally oxygen, phosphorus, nitrogen, sulfur)

URI: sio:OrganicMolecule

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Parents

  • is_a: Molecule - A molecule is a single chemical entity composed of fully covalently bonded atoms.

Children

  • AminoAcid - An amino acid is an organic molecule composed of a carbon bonded to four different groups: a carboxyl group, an amino group, an R group, and a hydrogen atom. In the case of glycine, the R group is another hydrogen atom.
  • Lipid - A lipid is a water-insoluable organic molecule.
  • Monosaccharide - A monosaccharide is an organic molecule that consists of a single polyhydroxy aldehyde or ketone group.
  • OrganicPolymer - An organic polymer is an organic molecule composed of connected set of monomeric units.

Referenced by Class

Attributes

Inherited from Molecule:

  • 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