Amelia Ireland and Jane Lomax Dual Taxon Annotation Amelia Ireland and Jane Lomax

Dual Taxon Annotation Annotation guide states Currently unused Taxon: taxonomic identifier(s) For cardinality 1, the ID of the species encoding the gene product. For cardinality 2, the first ID is that of the species encoding the gene product; the second ID is that of the species using the gene product. Currently unused

Dual Taxon Annotation Suggest redefining as For cardinality 2, the first ID is that of the species encoding the gene product; the second ID is that of the species in which the gene product is acting. Can be used for component or process terms

Dual Taxon Annotation Bacteria living as endosymbiont in plant cell; secretes protein esp1 into host cytoplasm Bacteria taxon 666 Host taxon 123 Annotation of esp1: esp1 host cell cytoplasm taxon:666|taxon:123

Dual Taxon Annotation Bacteria secretes protein bad1 which kills the host cell Annotation: bad1 killing of host cells taxon:666|taxon:123

Dual Taxon Annotation Bacterial protein lig1 interacts with rec5 from bacteria of taxon 999, enabling them to form a biofilm Annotation: lig1 multi-species biofilm formation taxon:666|taxon:999 rec1 multi-species biofilm formation taxon:999|taxon:666

Dual Taxon Annotation Bacterial protein reg1 interacts with host protein met3, regulating metabolic processes in the host reg1 regulation of metabolism in host taxon:666|taxon:123 met3 regulation of metabolism by other organism taxon:123|taxon:666

Dual Taxon Annotation Implementation: Ensure GO DB can store second taxon Enable display in AmiGO Amend annotation documentation Alter annotation tools Annotations correct without second taxon