title: Use of the protein ontology for multi-faceted analysis of biological processes: a case study of the spindle checkpoint.
abstract: As a member of the Open Biomedical Ontologies (OBO) foundry, the Protein Ontology (PRO) provides an ontological representation of protein forms and complexes and their relationships. Annotations in PRO can be assigned to individual protein forms and complexes, each distinguishable down to the level of post-translational modification, thereby allowing for a more precise depiction of protein function than is possible with annotations to the gene as a whole. Moreover, PRO is fully interoperable with other OBO ontologies and integrates knowledge from other protein-centric resources such as UniProt and Reactome. Here we demonstrate the value of the PRO framework in the investigation of the spindle checkpoint, a highly conserved biological process that relies extensively on protein modification and protein complex formation. The spindle checkpoint maintains genomic integrity by monitoring the attachment of chromosomes to spindle microtubules and delaying cell cycle progression until the spindle is fully assembled. Using PRO in conjunction with other bioinformatics tools, we explored the cross-species conservation of spindle checkpoint proteins, including phosphorylated forms and complexes; studied the impact of phosphorylation on spindle checkpoint function; and examined the interactions of spindle checkpoint proteins with the kinetochore, the site of checkpoint activation. Our approach can be generalized to any biological process of interest.
authors: Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, University of Delaware Newark, DE, USA.
authors: Karen E
authors: KE
authors: Ross
authors: Cecilia N
authors: CN
authors: Arighi
authors: Jia
authors: J
authors: Ren
authors: Darren A
authors: DA
authors: Natale
authors: Hongzhan
authors: H
authors: Huang
authors: Cathy H
authors: CH
authors: Wu
keywords: biocuration; kinetochore; phosphorylation; protein ontology; spindle checkpoint
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