ycf15-A

UniProt ID: A4GYV5
Organism: Populus trichocarpa
Review Status: DRAFT
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Gene Description

Putative chloroplast ycf15 protein of unknown function; UniProt cautions that it could be the product of a pseudogene.

Existing Annotations Review

GO Term Evidence Action Reason
GO:0009507 chloroplast
IEA
GO_REF:0000044
ACCEPT
Summary: Chloroplast localization is supported, but no molecular function is established.
Reason: UniProt places ycf15 in the chloroplast while cautioning that it may be a pseudogene product.
Supporting Evidence:
file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast.
file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
CAUTION: Could be the product of a pseudogene.

Core Functions

Putative chloroplast-localized ycf15 protein with no established molecular function or biological process annotation.

Cellular Locations:
Supporting Evidence:
  • file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
    SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast.
  • file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
    CAUTION: Could be the product of a pseudogene.

References

Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot keyword mapping
  • GO_REF:0000044 supplied one or more source GOA annotations reviewed in this file.
file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
UniProtKB reviewed entry for ycf15-A
  • UniProt identifies ycf15-A/ycf15-B as putative chloroplast ycf15 proteins and cautions that the product could be pseudogenic.
file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-goa.tsv
QuickGO GOA annotations for ycf15-A
  • GOA rows supplied the existing_annotations reviewed in this file.

Suggested Questions for Experts

Q: Is Populus ycf15 translated into a stable chloroplast protein, or is it a pseudogene product?

Suggested Experiments

Experiment: Use plastid proteomics or targeted immunodetection to test whether ycf15 protein accumulates in chloroplasts.

Type: targeted functional assay

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Notes

(ycf15-A-notes.md)

Curation notes

  • UniProt identifies ycf15-A/ycf15-B as putative chloroplast ycf15 proteins but cautions that the product could be pseudogenic [file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt].
  • The review therefore accepts only the chloroplast localization and does not infer a molecular function or process [file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt; file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-goa.tsv].

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id: A4GYV5
gene_symbol: ycf15-A
product_type: PROTEIN
status: DRAFT
taxon:
  id: NCBITaxon:3694
  label: Populus trichocarpa
description: Putative chloroplast ycf15 protein of unknown function; UniProt cautions that it could be the product
  of a pseudogene.
existing_annotations:
- term:
    id: GO:0009507
    label: chloroplast
  evidence_type: IEA
  original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
  review:
    summary: Chloroplast localization is supported, but no molecular function is established.
    action: ACCEPT
    reason: UniProt places ycf15 in the chloroplast while cautioning that it may be a pseudogene product.
    supported_by:
    - reference_id: file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast.'
    - reference_id: file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
      supporting_text: 'CAUTION: Could be the product of a pseudogene.'
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000044
  title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot keyword mapping
  findings:
  - statement: GO_REF:0000044 supplied one or more source GOA annotations reviewed in this file.
- id: file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
  title: UniProtKB reviewed entry for ycf15-A
  findings:
  - statement: UniProt identifies ycf15-A/ycf15-B as putative chloroplast ycf15 proteins and cautions that the product
      could be pseudogenic.
- id: file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-goa.tsv
  title: QuickGO GOA annotations for ycf15-A
  findings:
  - statement: GOA rows supplied the existing_annotations reviewed in this file.
core_functions:
- description: Putative chloroplast-localized ycf15 protein with no established molecular function or biological
    process annotation.
  locations:
  - id: GO:0009507
    label: chloroplast
  supported_by:
  - reference_id: file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
    supporting_text: 'SUBCELLULAR LOCATION: Plastid, chloroplast.'
  - reference_id: file:POPTR/ycf15-A/ycf15-A-uniprot.txt
    supporting_text: 'CAUTION: Could be the product of a pseudogene.'
proposed_new_terms: []
suggested_questions:
- question: Is Populus ycf15 translated into a stable chloroplast protein, or is it a pseudogene product?
suggested_experiments:
- description: Use plastid proteomics or targeted immunodetection to test whether ycf15 protein accumulates in chloroplasts.
  experiment_type: targeted functional assay