Adenosine deaminase (ADA1; EC 3.5.4.4) is a zinc-dependent hydrolase of purine catabolism that catalyzes the irreversible hydrolytic deamination of adenosine to inosine and of 2'-deoxyadenosine to 2'-deoxyinosine, releasing ammonia. Each subunit binds one catalytic zinc ion (coordinated by conserved histidine and aspartate residues) and adopts the metallo-dependent hydrolase (TIM-barrel) fold of the adenosine/AMP deaminase family. By clearing (deoxy)adenosine it maintains adenosine homeostasis and is essential in lymphocytes, where loss of activity leads to toxic intracellular accumulation of 2'-deoxyadenosine and dATP; complete deficiency causes adenosine-deaminase-deficient severe combined immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID, a T-B-NK-negative SCID), while a partial excess of activity is associated with hereditary hemolytic anemia. The enzyme is predominantly cytosolic (also detectable in lysosomes), but a fraction is found at the cell surface as ecto-ADA, where it is anchored as a peripheral membrane protein via the ectoenzyme CD26/DPP4; ecto-ADA catabolizes extracellular adenosine (notably in hypoxic endothelium), modulates adenosine-receptor signaling, and serves as a T-cell costimulatory molecule and regulator of lymphocyte-epithelial cell adhesion. ADA also deaminates the nucleoside drug ribavirin and the natural product cordycepin.
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) inference of the defining molecular function of ADA, the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine to inosine. This is the core catalytic activity of the protein and is supported experimentally in human ADA.
Reason: Core molecular function of ADA, conserved across the adenosine deaminase family and directly demonstrated for the human enzyme by catalytic-activity and biophysicochemical studies.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
PMID:8452534
the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional to incubation time
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Phylogenetic inference that ADA acts in the cytosol. ADA is predominantly a cytosolic enzyme, consistent with its role in intracellular purine catabolism.
Reason: The cytosol is the primary site of ADA activity; UniProt and multiple Reactome/TAS annotations place the enzyme in the cytosol, and the cell-surface (ecto-ADA) pool is a secondary localization.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on the cell surface of monocytes
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GO:0042110
T cell activation
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Involvement in T cell activation, inferred phylogenetically and supported experimentally through the ecto-ADA/CD26 costimulatory axis on the T-cell surface.
Reason: This is a genuine but moonlighting (extra-enzymatic / cell-surface) role of ADA, distinct from its core cytosolic catalytic function in purine catabolism. Cell-surface ADA bound to CD26 provides a costimulatory signal in T cell activation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:7594462
binding to CD26 produces a costimulatory response in T cell activation events
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GO:0045187
regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Phylogenetic inference linking ADA to regulation of sleep. Adenosine is a well-established somnogen, and the common ADA*2 (Asp8Asn) polymorphism, which lowers ADA activity, enhances deep sleep and slow-wave activity in humans.
Reason: A genuine physiological consequence of ADA controlling adenosine tone in the brain, but downstream of and secondary to the core catabolic activity rather than a defining molecular function. Supported by human polymorphism data.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
It specifically enhances deep sleep and slow-wave activity
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GO:0006154
adenosine catabolic process
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Phylogenetic inference that ADA participates in adenosine catabolism. This is the core biological process for ADA, the committed step converting adenosine to inosine in the purine degradation pathway.
Reason: Adenosine catabolism is the defining biological role of ADA and is directly supported by its catalytic activity and by the phenotype of ADA-deficient cells, which accumulate the substrate (deoxy)adenosine.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Plays an important role in purine
PMID:9361033
the purine salvage enzyme adenosine deaminase
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GO:0009897
external side of plasma membrane
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Phylogenetic inference that a pool of ADA is active on the external side of the plasma membrane (ecto-ADA), anchored via CD26/DPP4. This is corroborated by direct experimental localization in human cells.
Reason: Ecto-ADA is a genuine second localization of the enzyme, but represents a moonlighting/cell-surface pool secondary to the predominant cytosolic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
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GO:0060169
negative regulation of adenosine receptor signaling pathway
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Inference that ADA negatively regulates adenosine-receptor signaling. By catabolizing extracellular adenosine (the receptor agonist), ecto-ADA reduces adenosine-receptor activation; the net effect can be complex, since ADA can also allosterically enhance receptor agonist affinity.
Reason: A real downstream signaling consequence of ADA's extracellular adenosine clearance, but secondary to the core catabolic activity rather than a defining molecular function. Note the effect is context-dependent (ADA also acts as a positive allosteric modulator of ADORA1/ADORA2A).
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
increasing the endothelial capacity to metabolize adenosine to inosine
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GO:0043103
hypoxanthine salvage
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Phylogenetic inference associating ADA with hypoxanthine salvage. ADA produces inosine; hypoxanthine is generated downstream by purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP), not by ADA itself.
Reason: ADA contributes to purine salvage upstream by generating inosine, but it does not catalyze any step producing or reutilizing hypoxanthine. Annotating ADA to hypoxanthine salvage over-extends the enzyme into a downstream pathway step carried out by other enzymes (PNP, HPRT). The upstream inosine-biosynthesis and adenosine-catabolism annotations already capture ADA's true contribution.
Propagation Review
Root cause:
TERM SCOPING PROBLEM
Failure modes:
GRANULARITY MISMATCH
Sources checked:
UniProtKB:P22333
· ADA family ortholog
Family-level purine-salvage framing; ADA generates inosine but does not perform hypoxanthine salvage, which is downstream (PNP/HPRT).
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GO:0046103
inosine biosynthetic process
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IBA
GO_REF:0000033 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Phylogenetic inference that ADA contributes to inosine biosynthesis. Inosine is the direct reaction product of adenosine deamination by ADA.
Reason: ADA directly produces inosine from adenosine, so it is genuinely involved in inosine biosynthesis. This is a valid process-level annotation directly downstream of the core catalytic reaction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8452534
the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional to incubation time
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic annotation (multiple IEA methods, incl. RHEA:24408 mapping) of the core adenosine deaminase activity. Duplicate of the experimentally and phylogenetically supported core MF.
Reason: Correct core molecular function, consistent with the RHEA reaction and experimental catalytic-activity data.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
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GO:0005737
cytoplasm
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic localization to the cytoplasm. Consistent with ADA being a predominantly cytosolic enzyme, though cytosol (GO:0005829) is the more specific and better-supported term.
Reason: Correct but less specific than the cytosol annotation. Retained as accurate but non-core relative to the cytosol location captured elsewhere.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on the cell surface of monocytes
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GO:0005764
lysosome
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword) localization to the lysosome. Corroborated by direct experimental demonstration of ADA activity in purified human fibroblast lysosomes.
Reason: Genuine minor localization (~10% of cellular activity is lysosomal), but a secondary compartment relative to the dominant cytosolic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8452534
Human fibroblast lysosomes, purified on Percoll density gradients, contain an
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GO:0005886
plasma membrane
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword) localization to the plasma membrane. Consistent with the ecto-ADA pool, which is a peripheral membrane protein on the extracellular side, tethered by CD26/DPP4.
Reason: Correct for the cell-surface (ecto-ADA) pool; a secondary localization relative to the dominant cytosolic activity. The more specific 'external side of plasma membrane' annotation captures the topology better.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
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GO:0006154
adenosine catabolic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000117 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: ARBA machine-learning electronic annotation of the core biological process, adenosine catabolism. Duplicate of the experimentally/phylogenetically supported core BP.
Reason: Correct core biological process, consistent with the enzyme's catalytic function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Plays an important role in purine
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GO:0009168
purine ribonucleoside monophosphate biosynthetic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
REMOVE |
Summary: InterPro2GO electronic mapping to purine ribonucleoside monophosphate biosynthesis. ADA is a catabolic deaminase acting on nucleosides (adenosine, 2'-deoxyadenosine); it does not synthesize any purine ribonucleoside monophosphate.
Reason: Over-propagated electronic annotation. ADA's product is inosine (a nucleoside, not a monophosphate), and the enzyme is degradative rather than biosynthetic. The InterPro domain family (IPR006650/IPR028893) is shared with AMP deaminases, but human ADA does not perform monophosphate biosynthesis; this term contradicts the enzyme's catabolic biology and should be removed.
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GO:0019239
deaminase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000002 |
MODIFY |
Summary: InterPro2GO electronic mapping to the general parent term deaminase activity. Correct but less specific than adenosine deaminase activity (GO:0004000).
Reason: The essence is correct but the term is too general. ADA's specific activity is adenosine deaminase activity; the parent 'deaminase activity' should be refined to the specific child.
Proposed replacements:
adenosine deaminase activity
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
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GO:0060205
cytoplasmic vesicle lumen
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
REMOVE |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword) localization to cytoplasmic vesicle lumen, transferred by similarity from the rat ortholog (P03958). There is no direct evidence for human ADA in a cytoplasmic vesicle lumen.
Reason: Weakly supported electronic annotation transferred by similarity. Human ADA is dominantly cytosolic, with well-documented lysosomal and cell-surface pools; the cytoplasmic vesicle lumen assignment is not experimentally supported for the human protein and is a keyword-driven over-propagation.
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GO:0070161
anchoring junction
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IEA
GO_REF:0000044 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword 'Cell junction') mapping to anchoring junction. ADA colocalizes with CD26 at the cell surface and its ADA-CD26 axis influences cell adhesion, but there is no evidence it is a structural component of an anchoring junction.
Reason: The 'Cell junction' keyword derives from the ecto-ADA/CD26 role in cell-cell adhesion, but mapping this to the specific structural term 'anchoring junction' over-interprets a peripheral, adhesion-modulating function as junctional residency. Retained as a flag rather than removed since the underlying cell-junction association is real.
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:28514442 Architecture of the human interactome defines protein commun... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: High-throughput affinity-purification/mass-spectrometry interactome IPI (interacting partner POTEF/A5A3E0). Bare 'protein binding' conveys no specific molecular function.
Reason: Uninformative 'protein binding' term derived from a proteome-scale interactome screen; the POTEF interaction is not a characterized functional partnership for ADA. Per curation guidelines, bare protein binding is not retained as informative MF, but the IPI is not removed.
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:33961781 Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: High-throughput interactome IPI (BioPlex; interacting partner POTEF/A5A3E0). Bare 'protein binding' conveys no specific molecular function.
Reason: Uninformative 'protein binding' from a proteome-scale interactome dataset, capturing the same POTEF association. Not retained as informative MF; not removed.
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer (from mouse ortholog P03958) that ADA is active in the cytosol. Duplicate of the core cytosolic localization.
Reason: Correct primary localization, consistent with the IBA and Reactome/TAS cytosol annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on the cell surface of monocytes
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GO:0006196
AMP catabolic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of AMP catabolic process. ADA acts on the nucleosides adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine, not directly on the nucleotide AMP; the direct catalytic step on AMP is carried out by other enzymes (AMP deaminase, 5'-nucleotidase).
Reason: This is a broad pathway-participation (involved_in) annotation rather than a direct-substrate claim. ADA does participate in overall AMP catabolism downstream (AMP is dephosphorylated to adenosine, which ADA then deaminates to inosine), so the term is not strictly wrong at the pathway level; but it is a nonspecific, ortholog-transferred over-annotation that does not capture ADA's actual catalytic step, so it is marked as over-annotated rather than treated as a core function.
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GO:0008270
zinc ion binding
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of zinc ion binding. ADA is a zinc metalloenzyme that binds one catalytic Zn2+ per subunit, coordinated by conserved histidine/aspartate residues; this is required for catalysis.
Reason: Correct and core molecular-function cofactor binding, directly supported by the crystal structure and by an ADASCID mutation (H15D) that disrupts zinc coordination and abolishes activity.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit
PMID:7599635
the first naturally occurring mutation of a residue that coordinates
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GO:0032263
GMP salvage
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
REMOVE |
Summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of GMP salvage. ADA has no role in guanine-nucleotide salvage; it deaminates adenosine/2'-deoxyadenosine and does not act on any guanine-containing metabolite.
Reason: Biologically incorrect for ADA's substrate specificity. GMP salvage involves HGPRT/guanine metabolism, entirely separate from adenosine deamination. This is an over-propagated pathway-network annotation and should be removed.
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GO:0044209
AMP salvage
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
REMOVE |
Summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of AMP salvage. ADA does not catalyze any AMP-salvage step; by deaminating adenosine it in fact diverts the substrate away from adenine/AMP salvage toward the inosine/hypoxanthine catabolic branch.
Reason: Over-propagated pathway-network annotation that is at odds with ADA's biology. AMP salvage is carried out by adenine phosphoribosyltransferase and adenosine kinase; ADA is catabolic. Should be removed.
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GO:0046059
dAMP catabolic process
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IEA
GO_REF:0000107 |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of dAMP catabolic process. ADA deaminates the deoxynucleoside 2'-deoxyadenosine, not directly the deoxynucleotide dAMP; the direct catalytic step on dAMP is carried out by other enzymes (e.g. 5'-nucleotidases, deoxynucleotide deaminases).
Reason: As for the AMP catabolic-process annotation, this is a broad involved_in pathway term rather than a direct-substrate claim. ADA participates downstream in dAMP catabolism (dAMP is dephosphorylated to 2'-deoxyadenosine, which ADA deaminates to 2'-deoxyinosine), so the term is not strictly wrong at the pathway level; it is a nonspecific, ortholog-transferred over-annotation and is marked as over-annotated rather than treated as a core function.
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GO:0046936
2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity
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IEA
GO_REF:0000120 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Electronic annotation (RHEA:28190) of 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity. ADA hydrolytically deaminates 2'-deoxyadenosine to 2'-deoxyinosine; this activity is the physiologically critical one whose loss drives dATP accumulation in ADA-SCID.
Reason: Correct core molecular function alongside adenosine deaminase activity, supported by the second RHEA reaction and by experimental catalytic data.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
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GO:0006805
xenobiotic metabolic process
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9748784 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Reactome (Drug ADME) annotation reflecting ADA's deamination of nucleoside analog drugs, notably ribavirin (RBV -> RBV-COOH) and cordycepin. This is a pharmacologically important but incidental substrate promiscuity.
Reason: A genuine xenobiotic/drug-metabolism role arising from ADA's broad specificity for adenosine-like nucleosides, but secondary to its endogenous purine-catabolic function.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
responsible for the deamination of cordycepin
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GO:0043101
purine-containing compound salvage
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-74217 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome (Purine salvage pathway) TAS annotation. ADA participates in the purine salvage/interconversion network by converting adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine to their inosine counterparts, which are then further metabolized.
Reason: ADA is a bona fide participant in the purine salvage/interconversion pathway; this broader process term is accurate and reflects the enzyme's contribution to purine-containing compound turnover.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9361033
the purine salvage enzyme adenosine deaminase
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GO:0005886
plasma membrane
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IDA
GO_REF:0000052 |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: Human Protein Atlas immunofluorescence localization to the plasma membrane, consistent with the ecto-ADA cell-surface pool tethered by CD26/DPP4.
Reason: Correct for the cell-surface (ecto-ADA) pool; a secondary localization relative to the dominant cytosolic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11999881
indicating surface expression of ADA
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
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IMP
PMID:26166670 The Role of G22 A Adenosine Deaminase 1 Gene Polymorphism an... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IMP annotation of adenosine deaminase activity from a study of the ADA1 G22A (Asp8Asn/ADA*2) polymorphism in fertile vs infertile men, in which ADA isoenzyme activities were measured; the low-activity GA genotype had reduced ADA1 activity.
Reason: Supports the core adenosine deaminase activity of the human enzyme via genotype-linked measurement of ADA1 activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:26166670
the ADA1 activity with GG genotype was higher than GA carriers in all population
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GO:0046936
2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity
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IMP
PMID:9361033 An adenosine deaminase (ADA) allele contains two newly ident... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IMP annotation from characterization of ADASCID mutant alleles (Y97C, L106V) whose loss of ADA activity is measured, establishing the enzyme's deoxyadenosine-deaminase function via mutation-driven activity loss and toxic dATP/deoxyadenosine accumulation.
Reason: Loss-of-function mutations abolishing enzyme activity, coupled with accumulation of the deoxyadenosine substrate, directly support ADA's 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity as a core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9361033
directly with the accumulation of the toxic metabolites deoxyATP and deoxyadenosine
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GO:0019239
deaminase activity
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EXP
PMID:2166947 Hot spot mutations in adenosine deaminase deficiency. |
MODIFY |
Summary: Experimental annotation to the general parent 'deaminase activity' from characterization of hot-spot ADASCID mutations (e.g. Arg76Trp) that alter mutant ADA enzyme activity. The specific activity is adenosine deaminase activity.
Reason: Correct in essence but too general; the mutations characterized affect adenosine deaminase activity specifically and the term should be refined to GO:0004000.
Proposed replacements:
adenosine deaminase activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:2166947
resulting in Arg76 to Trp
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GO:0019239
deaminase activity
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EXP
PMID:2783588 Identification of a point mutation resulting in a heat-labil... |
MODIFY |
Summary: Experimental annotation to the general parent 'deaminase activity' from identification of the Pro297Gln mutation causing a heat-labile ADA in partial ADA deficiency. The specific activity is adenosine deaminase activity.
Reason: Correct in essence but too general; refine to the specific adenosine deaminase activity term.
Proposed replacements:
adenosine deaminase activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:2783588
replacement of a proline
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GO:0019239
deaminase activity
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EXP
PMID:3182793 Mutant human adenosine deaminase alleles and their expressio... |
MODIFY |
Summary: Experimental annotation to the general parent 'deaminase activity'. Mutant ADA alleles (e.g. Arg101Trp, Arg211His, Ala329Val) expressed by transfection failed to produce functional enzyme, demonstrating loss of adenosine deaminase activity.
Reason: Correct in essence but too general; refine to the specific adenosine deaminase activity term.
Proposed replacements:
adenosine deaminase activity
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:3182793
they do not encode a
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GO:0019239
deaminase activity
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9754964 |
MODIFY |
Summary: Reactome TAS annotation (ADA deamidates ribavirin) to the general parent 'deaminase activity'. The specific activity is adenosine deaminase activity acting on ribavirin, an adenosine analog.
Reason: Correct in essence but too general; the underlying reaction is ADA's adenosine deaminase activity applied to a nucleoside-analog drug. Refine to GO:0004000.
Proposed replacements:
adenosine deaminase activity
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
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GO:0014074
response to purine-containing compound
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IDA
PMID:25644539 Adenosine derived from ecto-nucleotidases in calcific aortic... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA annotation (MGI) from a study of calcific aortic valve disease in which adenosine, generated by ecto-nucleotidases, drives valve-interstitial-cell mineralization through the A2a adenosine receptor; ADA is part of the extracellular adenosine-metabolizing machinery in this context.
Reason: A context-specific (disease-associated) response annotation downstream of ADA's role in extracellular adenosine handling; peripheral to the core catabolic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25644539
adenosine stimulated the mineralization of
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GO:0046085
adenosine metabolic process
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IDA
PMID:25644539 Adenosine derived from ecto-nucleotidases in calcific aortic... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA annotation (MGI) placing ADA in adenosine metabolism in the context of calcific aortic valve disease. Adenosine metabolic process is a valid broader parent of ADA's core adenosine catabolic activity.
Reason: Correct but broader than the more specific 'adenosine catabolic process' that captures ADA's defining role. Retained as accurate; the specific catabolic term is preferred for the core function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:25644539
adenosine stimulated the mineralization of
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9734745 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome TAS cytosolic localization (defective ADA does not deaminate (deoxy)adenosine). Consistent with the core cytosolic site of ADA activity.
Reason: Correct primary localization, redundant with the IBA/IEA/other Reactome cytosol annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on the cell surface of monocytes
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-74241 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome TAS cytosolic localization (ADA catalyzes the deamination of (deoxy)adenosine). Consistent with the core cytosolic site of ADA activity.
Reason: Correct primary localization, redundant with the other cytosol annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on the cell surface of monocytes
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GO:0005829
cytosol
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TAS
Reactome:R-HSA-9754964 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Reactome TAS cytosolic localization (ADA deamidates ribavirin). Consistent with the core cytosolic site of ADA activity.
Reason: Correct primary localization, redundant with the other cytosol annotations.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on the cell surface of monocytes
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
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IDA
PMID:8894685 Full genetic rescue of adenosine deaminase-deficient mice th... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation from full genetic rescue of ADA-deficient mice by the human ADA gene, demonstrating that the human enzyme provides functional adenosine deaminase activity that complements murine ADA in all tissues.
Reason: In vivo functional complementation is strong support that the human protein carries out adenosine deaminase activity; the lethal ADA-deficient phenotype is due to absence of the enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8894685
human ADA can complement murine ADA in
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GO:0006154
adenosine catabolic process
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IDA
PMID:8894685 Full genetic rescue of adenosine deaminase-deficient mice th... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation that ADA acts upstream of or within adenosine catabolism, from mouse genetic rescue showing the lethal ADA-deficient phenotype is corrected by restoring ADA function.
Reason: The rescue of ADA-deficient mice by the human gene confirms ADA's role in adenosine catabolism in vivo; this is the core biological process.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8894685
lethal phenotype of ADA-deficient mice is due to the absence
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GO:0046103
inosine biosynthetic process
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IDA
PMID:8894685 Full genetic rescue of adenosine deaminase-deficient mice th... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation that ADA acts upstream of or within inosine biosynthesis; inosine is the direct product of adenosine deamination, restored upon complementation of ADA-deficient mice by the human gene.
Reason: ADA directly generates inosine; valid process annotation downstream of the core catalytic reaction, supported by in vivo complementation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8894685
restoration of viability through introduction of the
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
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ISS
GO_REF:0000024 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS from mouse P03958) transfer of the core adenosine deaminase activity. Redundant with the directly demonstrated human activity.
Reason: Correct core molecular function, well supported by experimental data for the human enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
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GO:0006154
adenosine catabolic process
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ISS
GO_REF:0000024 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS) transfer of the core adenosine catabolic process. Redundant with experimentally supported annotations.
Reason: Correct core biological process.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Plays an important role in purine
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GO:0008270
zinc ion binding
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ISS
GO_REF:0000024 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS) transfer of zinc ion binding. ADA binds one catalytic zinc per subunit; conserved across the family and required for catalysis.
Reason: Correct core cofactor-binding function, supported by structure and by disease mutations affecting zinc-coordinating residues.
Supporting Evidence:
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit
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GO:0046103
inosine biosynthetic process
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ISS
GO_REF:0000024 |
ACCEPT |
Summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS) transfer of inosine biosynthetic process; inosine is the direct product of ADA-catalyzed adenosine deamination.
Reason: Valid process downstream of the core catalytic reaction.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8452534
the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional to incubation time
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:8101391 Direct association of adenosine deaminase with a T cell acti... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: IPI documenting the direct, specific association of ADA with CD26/DPP4 (P27487) on the T-cell surface, through the extracellular domain of CD26. This is the physiologically important ecto-ADA anchoring interaction.
Reason: The interaction itself is real and biologically important, but the term 'protein binding' is uninformative. The functional consequences of the ADA-CD26 interaction are already captured by the T-cell activation and cell-adhesion process annotations; the bare MF term is not retained as informative, though the IPI is not removed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8101391
an in vitro binding assay showed that the binding was through the extracellular domain of CD26
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
|
IDA
PMID:11999881 Anti-adenosine deaminase antibodies in lupus erythematosus. |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation from a study of anti-ADA autoantibodies in lupus, which used purified/commercial ADA and detected ADA (the ADA1 40 kDa component) on cells; supports the identity and activity of the human ADA protein.
Reason: Consistent with the well-established core adenosine deaminase activity of human ADA1.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11999881
corresponding to ADA1, the major component
file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
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GO:0016020
membrane
|
IDA
PMID:11999881 Anti-adenosine deaminase antibodies in lupus erythematosus. |
MODIFY |
Summary: IDA annotation to the very general term 'membrane', from immunofluorescence showing anti-ADA antibodies stain the cell surface of HEp-2 cells and lymphocytes. The staining reflects the ecto-ADA (cell-surface) pool.
Reason: The generic 'membrane' term under-specifies the observation; the data show cell-surface/plasma-membrane localization of ecto-ADA. Refine to cell surface.
Proposed replacements:
cell surface
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11999881
surface of HEp-2 cells and lymphocytes, indicating surface expression of ADA
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GO:0001666
response to hypoxia
|
IDA
PMID:16670267 Endothelial catabolism of extracellular adenosine during hyp... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA annotation that ADA participates in the hypoxia response; endothelial ADA (and its partner CD26) are induced by hypoxia at mRNA and protein levels, localizing ADA activity to the cell surface to clear elevated extracellular adenosine.
Reason: A genuine, experimentally demonstrated regulatory response (hypoxia-induced ADA/CD26), but a physiological/context-specific role secondary to the core catabolic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
hypoxia induces endothelial ADA and CD26
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
|
IDA
PMID:16670267 Endothelial catabolism of extracellular adenosine during hyp... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity; the study confirmed induction of enzymatically active ADA in hypoxic endothelium, degrading extracellular adenosine to inosine.
Reason: Directly demonstrated core adenosine deaminase activity of the human enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
increasing the endothelial capacity to metabolize adenosine to inosine
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
|
IDA
PMID:8452534 Demonstration of adenosine deaminase activity in human fibro... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity, from direct assay of ADA activity (adenosine to inosine, Km 37 uM) in purified human fibroblast lysosomes.
Reason: Direct biochemical demonstration of the core adenosine deaminase activity of the human enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8452534
the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional to incubation time
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
|
IDA
PMID:9361033 An adenosine deaminase (ADA) allele contains two newly ident... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity from expression of wild-type and mutant ADA cDNAs; the Y97C mutant retained only detectable but markedly reduced activity, and wild-type ADA showed normal activity.
Reason: Directly measured expressed ADA activity supports the core adenosine deaminase function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9361033
detectable but markedly reduced activity
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GO:0005515
protein binding
|
IPI
PMID:14684150 3D structure of the CD26-ADA complex obtained by cryo-EM and... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: IPI from a cryo-EM 3D structure of the CD26-ADA complex (partner P27487/DPP4), mapping the ADA-binding site across CD26 beta-propeller blades 4 and 5. Documents the specific ADA-CD26 interaction.
Reason: Real, structurally characterized ADA-CD26 interaction, but 'protein binding' is uninformative as a molecular function; the interaction's biological role is captured by the ecto-ADA process annotations. IPI retained, not removed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:14684150
ADA binding occurs at the outer edges of the
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GO:0005515
protein binding
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IPI
PMID:7594462 Expression of ecto-adenosine deaminase and CD26 in human T c... |
MARK AS OVER ANNOTATED |
Summary: IPI documenting the ADA-CD26 (P27487) interaction on the T-cell surface, where ADA and CD26 colocalize and exogenous ADA produces an enzyme-independent costimulatory synergism in T-cell activation.
Reason: Genuine, functionally important ADA-CD26 interaction, but 'protein binding' is uninformative; the costimulatory role is captured by the T-cell activation process annotation. IPI retained, not removed.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:7594462
addition of ADA produced an enzyme-independent synergism
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GO:0005764
lysosome
|
IDA
PMID:8452534 Demonstration of adenosine deaminase activity in human fibro... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA localization to the lysosome, from direct demonstration of ADA activity in Percoll-purified human fibroblast lysosomes (~10% of total cellular ADA activity).
Reason: Genuine but minor secondary localization relative to the dominant cytosolic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:8452534
adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity that accounts for approximately 10% of the total ADA activity
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GO:0006154
adenosine catabolic process
|
IDA
PMID:16670267 Endothelial catabolism of extracellular adenosine during hyp... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation of adenosine catabolic process; hypoxia-induced endothelial ADA (with CD26) increases the capacity to catabolize extracellular adenosine to inosine.
Reason: Direct demonstration of ADA's core biological process (adenosine catabolism) in a physiological setting.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
increasing the endothelial capacity to metabolize adenosine to inosine
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GO:0009897
external side of plasma membrane
|
IDA
PMID:16670267 Endothelial catabolism of extracellular adenosine during hyp... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA localization of ecto-ADA to the external side of the plasma membrane, tethered by CD26; surface binding was blocked by HIV gp120, which competes for ADA-CD26 binding.
Reason: Genuine cell-surface (extracellular) localization of the ecto-ADA pool; secondary to the dominant cytosolic activity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
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GO:0009897
external side of plasma membrane
|
IDA
PMID:7759315 Surface adenosine deaminase. A novel B-cell marker in chroni... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA localization of surface ADA on the plasma membrane of mononuclear blood cells detected by flow cytometry; surface ADA is a proposed B-cell marker in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Reason: Genuine cell-surface (ecto-ADA) localization; secondary to the dominant cytosolic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:7759315
surface ADA might be considered a novel marker for CLL
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GO:0009986
cell surface
|
IDA
PMID:11772392 Regulation of epithelial and lymphocyte cell adhesion by ade... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA localization of ADA to the cell surface, where cell-surface ADA (e.g. on Caco-2 epithelial cells) participates in ADA-CD26-mediated lymphocyte-epithelial adhesion.
Reason: Genuine ecto-ADA cell-surface localization; secondary to the core cytosolic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on the cell surface of monocytes
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GO:0009986
cell surface
|
IDA
PMID:7594462 Expression of ecto-adenosine deaminase and CD26 in human T c... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA localization of surface ADA on activated human T cells (flow cytometry), where ADA colocalizes with CD26 on the T-cell surface.
Reason: Genuine ecto-ADA cell-surface localization on lymphocytes; secondary to the core cytosolic pool.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:7594462
colocalized on the surface of T cells
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GO:0032261
purine nucleotide salvage
|
IMP
PMID:9361033 An adenosine deaminase (ADA) allele contains two newly ident... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IMP annotation placing ADA in purine nucleotide salvage; loss-of-function ADA mutations disrupt purine interconversion and cause toxic (deoxy)adenosine/dATP accumulation. ADA is described as a purine salvage enzyme.
Reason: ADA participates in the broader purine salvage/interconversion network, but its own committed reaction is adenosine catabolism (the core process). Retained as an accurate pathway-level annotation.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:9361033
the purine salvage enzyme adenosine deaminase
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GO:0033632
regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin
|
IDA
PMID:11772392 Regulation of epithelial and lymphocyte cell adhesion by ade... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA annotation from experiments showing the ADA-CD26 interaction regulates lymphocyte-epithelial cell adhesion, with exogenous ADA increasing expression of activated integrins on T-cell lines (integrin activation assays).
Reason: A genuine extra-enzymatic (moonlighting) role of ecto-ADA via CD26 in modulating integrin-mediated cell adhesion; secondary to the core catabolic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:11772392
FACS analysis revealed a higher expression of activated
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GO:0042110
T cell activation
|
IDA
PMID:7594462 Expression of ecto-adenosine deaminase and CD26 in human T c... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA annotation that ADA acts in T cell activation; exogenous ADA binding to CD26 produces a costimulatory (enzyme-independent) synergism in the TCR-CD3 activation response.
Reason: A genuine moonlighting immunological role of ecto-ADA via CD26, distinct from and secondary to the core cytosolic catalytic function.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:7594462
binding to CD26 produces a costimulatory response in T cell activation events
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GO:0060169
negative regulation of adenosine receptor signaling pathway
|
IDA
PMID:16670267 Endothelial catabolism of extracellular adenosine during hyp... |
KEEP AS NON CORE |
Summary: IDA annotation that ADA negatively regulates adenosine-receptor signaling by clearing extracellular adenosine (the receptor agonist), limiting adenosine accumulation and downstream signaling in hypoxic endothelium.
Reason: A genuine signaling consequence of ecto-ADA's extracellular adenosine clearance, secondary to the core catabolic activity. Context-dependent, since ADA can also positively modulate adenosine-receptor agonist affinity.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:16670267
ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
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GO:0004000
adenosine deaminase activity
|
IDA
PMID:3182793 Mutant human adenosine deaminase alleles and their expressio... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity; wild-type ADA cDNA expressed by transfection produced ADA enzymatic levels ~40-fold higher than mutant sequences, confirming the enzyme's catalytic activity.
Reason: Directly measured expressed ADA enzyme activity supports the core adenosine deaminase function; mutant alleles failed to encode functional enzyme.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:3182793
they do not encode a
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GO:0008270
zinc ion binding
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IMP
PMID:7599635 Four new adenosine deaminase mutations, altering a zinc-bind... |
ACCEPT |
Summary: IMP annotation of zinc ion binding from the ADASCID His15Asp mutation, the first naturally occurring mutation of a residue that directly coordinates the enzyme-associated zinc ion; H15D abolishes ADA activity.
Reason: A disease mutation of a direct zinc-coordinating residue that abolishes activity provides strong functional evidence for ADA's core zinc-binding cofactor role.
Supporting Evidence:
PMID:7599635
the first naturally occurring mutation of a residue that coordinates
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Q: Are the cell-surface (ecto-ADA), cytosolic, and lysosomal pools of ADA the product of a single gene/transcript, and how is surface localization (via CD26/DPP4) achieved given ADA lacks a signal peptide or transmembrane domain?
Q: To what extent are ADA's extra-enzymatic (moonlighting) roles in T-cell costimulation and cell adhesion mechanistically separable from its catalytic clearance of extracellular adenosine?
Experiment: Catalytically-dead (e.g. zinc-site) ADA knock-in versus wild-type rescue in ADA-deficient lymphocytes to dissect enzyme-dependent versus CD26-binding (moonlighting) contributions to T-cell activation and adhesion.
Experiment: Quantitative subcellular fractionation plus surface biotinylation across cell types to measure the relative sizes of the cytosolic, lysosomal, and ecto-ADA pools and their dependence on CD26 expression.
UniProtKB:P00813 (ADA_HUMAN). 363 aa. EC 3.5.4.4. HGNC:186. Chr 20.
Deep research (falcon) was polled up to the time budget and was NOT present, so this
review is grounded in the UniProt record, the seeded GOA, and the 18 cached
publications/PMID_*.md entries (all 18 cited PMIDs are cached; only 3 have full text).
IBA-only; ADA*2 (D8N) polymorphism modulates deep sleep [UniProt POLYMORPHISM; PMID:16221767,
not cited in GOA]. Real but non-core; KEEP_AS_NON_CORE.
id: P00813
gene_symbol: ADA
product_type: PROTEIN
status: INITIALIZED
taxon:
id: NCBITaxon:9606
label: Homo sapiens
description: Adenosine deaminase (ADA1; EC 3.5.4.4) is a zinc-dependent hydrolase of
purine catabolism that catalyzes the irreversible hydrolytic deamination of adenosine
to inosine and of 2'-deoxyadenosine to 2'-deoxyinosine, releasing ammonia. Each subunit
binds one catalytic zinc ion (coordinated by conserved histidine and aspartate residues)
and adopts the metallo-dependent hydrolase (TIM-barrel) fold of the adenosine/AMP deaminase
family. By clearing (deoxy)adenosine it maintains adenosine homeostasis and is essential
in lymphocytes, where loss of activity leads to toxic intracellular accumulation of
2'-deoxyadenosine and dATP; complete deficiency causes adenosine-deaminase-deficient severe
combined immunodeficiency (ADA-SCID, a T-B-NK-negative SCID), while a partial excess of
activity is associated with hereditary hemolytic anemia. The enzyme is predominantly
cytosolic (also detectable in lysosomes), but a fraction is found at the cell surface as
ecto-ADA, where it is anchored as a peripheral membrane protein via the ectoenzyme CD26/DPP4;
ecto-ADA catabolizes extracellular adenosine (notably in hypoxic endothelium), modulates
adenosine-receptor signaling, and serves as a T-cell costimulatory molecule and regulator
of lymphocyte-epithelial cell adhesion. ADA also deaminates the nucleoside drug ribavirin
and the natural product cordycepin.
existing_annotations:
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Phylogenetic (IBA) inference of the defining molecular function of ADA,
the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine to inosine. This is the core catalytic
activity of the protein and is supported experimentally in human ADA.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Core molecular function of ADA, conserved across the adenosine deaminase
family and directly demonstrated for the human enzyme by catalytic-activity
and biophysicochemical studies.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- reference_id: PMID:8452534
supporting_text: the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional
to incubation time
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: is_active_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic inference that ADA acts in the cytosol. ADA is predominantly
a cytosolic enzyme, consistent with its role in intracellular purine catabolism.
action: ACCEPT
reason: The cytosol is the primary site of ADA activity; UniProt and multiple
Reactome/TAS annotations place the enzyme in the cytosol, and the cell-surface
(ecto-ADA) pool is a secondary localization.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on
the cell surface of monocytes
- term:
id: GO:0042110
label: T cell activation
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Involvement in T cell activation, inferred phylogenetically and supported
experimentally through the ecto-ADA/CD26 costimulatory axis on the T-cell surface.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: This is a genuine but moonlighting (extra-enzymatic / cell-surface) role
of ADA, distinct from its core cytosolic catalytic function in purine catabolism.
Cell-surface ADA bound to CD26 provides a costimulatory signal in T cell activation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:7594462
supporting_text: binding to CD26 produces a costimulatory response in T cell
activation events
- term:
id: GO:0045187
label: regulation of circadian sleep/wake cycle, sleep
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic inference linking ADA to regulation of sleep. Adenosine
is a well-established somnogen, and the common ADA*2 (Asp8Asn) polymorphism,
which lowers ADA activity, enhances deep sleep and slow-wave activity in humans.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A genuine physiological consequence of ADA controlling adenosine tone in
the brain, but downstream of and secondary to the core catabolic activity rather
than a defining molecular function. Supported by human polymorphism data.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: It specifically enhances deep sleep and slow-wave activity
- term:
id: GO:0006154
label: adenosine catabolic process
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic inference that ADA participates in adenosine catabolism.
This is the core biological process for ADA, the committed step converting adenosine
to inosine in the purine degradation pathway.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Adenosine catabolism is the defining biological role of ADA and is directly
supported by its catalytic activity and by the phenotype of ADA-deficient cells,
which accumulate the substrate (deoxy)adenosine.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Plays an important role in purine
- reference_id: PMID:9361033
supporting_text: the purine salvage enzyme adenosine deaminase
- term:
id: GO:0009897
label: external side of plasma membrane
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: is_active_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic inference that a pool of ADA is active on the external side
of the plasma membrane (ecto-ADA), anchored via CD26/DPP4. This is corroborated
by direct experimental localization in human cells.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Ecto-ADA is a genuine second localization of the enzyme, but represents
a moonlighting/cell-surface pool secondary to the predominant cytosolic activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation
of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
- term:
id: GO:0060169
label: negative regulation of adenosine receptor signaling pathway
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Inference that ADA negatively regulates adenosine-receptor signaling.
By catabolizing extracellular adenosine (the receptor agonist), ecto-ADA reduces
adenosine-receptor activation; the net effect can be complex, since ADA can also
allosterically enhance receptor agonist affinity.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A real downstream signaling consequence of ADA's extracellular adenosine
clearance, but secondary to the core catabolic activity rather than a defining
molecular function. Note the effect is context-dependent (ADA also acts as a
positive allosteric modulator of ADORA1/ADORA2A).
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: increasing the endothelial capacity to metabolize adenosine
to inosine
- term:
id: GO:0043103
label: hypoxanthine salvage
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic inference associating ADA with hypoxanthine salvage. ADA
produces inosine; hypoxanthine is generated downstream by purine nucleoside
phosphorylase (PNP), not by ADA itself.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: ADA contributes to purine salvage upstream by generating inosine, but it
does not catalyze any step producing or reutilizing hypoxanthine. Annotating
ADA to hypoxanthine salvage over-extends the enzyme into a downstream pathway
step carried out by other enzymes (PNP, HPRT). The upstream inosine-biosynthesis
and adenosine-catabolism annotations already capture ADA's true contribution.
propagation_review:
root_cause: TERM_SCOPING_PROBLEM
failure_modes:
- GRANULARITY_MISMATCH
source_entities:
- source_id: UniProtKB:P22333
source_label: ADA family ortholog
comment: Family-level purine-salvage framing; ADA generates inosine but does
not perform hypoxanthine salvage, which is downstream (PNP/HPRT).
- term:
id: GO:0046103
label: inosine biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IBA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Phylogenetic inference that ADA contributes to inosine biosynthesis. Inosine
is the direct reaction product of adenosine deamination by ADA.
action: ACCEPT
reason: ADA directly produces inosine from adenosine, so it is genuinely involved
in inosine biosynthesis. This is a valid process-level annotation directly downstream
of the core catalytic reaction.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8452534
supporting_text: the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional
to incubation time
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Electronic annotation (multiple IEA methods, incl. RHEA:24408 mapping)
of the core adenosine deaminase activity. Duplicate of the experimentally and
phylogenetically supported core MF.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core molecular function, consistent with the RHEA reaction and
experimental catalytic-activity data.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- term:
id: GO:0005737
label: cytoplasm
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic localization to the cytoplasm. Consistent with ADA being a
predominantly cytosolic enzyme, though cytosol (GO:0005829) is the more specific
and better-supported term.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Correct but less specific than the cytosol annotation. Retained as accurate
but non-core relative to the cytosol location captured elsewhere.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on
the cell surface of monocytes
- term:
id: GO:0005764
label: lysosome
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword) localization to the lysosome. Corroborated
by direct experimental demonstration of ADA activity in purified human fibroblast
lysosomes.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Genuine minor localization (~10% of cellular activity is lysosomal), but
a secondary compartment relative to the dominant cytosolic pool.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8452534
supporting_text: Human fibroblast lysosomes, purified on Percoll density gradients,
contain an
- term:
id: GO:0005886
label: plasma membrane
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword) localization to the plasma membrane.
Consistent with the ecto-ADA pool, which is a peripheral membrane protein on
the extracellular side, tethered by CD26/DPP4.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Correct for the cell-surface (ecto-ADA) pool; a secondary localization
relative to the dominant cytosolic activity. The more specific 'external side
of plasma membrane' annotation captures the topology better.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation
of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
- term:
id: GO:0006154
label: adenosine catabolic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000117
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: ARBA machine-learning electronic annotation of the core biological process,
adenosine catabolism. Duplicate of the experimentally/phylogenetically supported
core BP.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core biological process, consistent with the enzyme's catalytic
function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Plays an important role in purine
- term:
id: GO:0009168
label: purine ribonucleoside monophosphate biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: InterPro2GO electronic mapping to purine ribonucleoside monophosphate
biosynthesis. ADA is a catabolic deaminase acting on nucleosides (adenosine,
2'-deoxyadenosine); it does not synthesize any purine ribonucleoside monophosphate.
action: REMOVE
reason: Over-propagated electronic annotation. ADA's product is inosine (a nucleoside,
not a monophosphate), and the enzyme is degradative rather than biosynthetic.
The InterPro domain family (IPR006650/IPR028893) is shared with AMP deaminases,
but human ADA does not perform monophosphate biosynthesis; this term contradicts
the enzyme's catabolic biology and should be removed.
- term:
id: GO:0019239
label: deaminase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000002
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: InterPro2GO electronic mapping to the general parent term deaminase activity.
Correct but less specific than adenosine deaminase activity (GO:0004000).
action: MODIFY
reason: The essence is correct but the term is too general. ADA's specific activity
is adenosine deaminase activity; the parent 'deaminase activity' should be refined
to the specific child.
proposed_replacement_terms:
- id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- term:
id: GO:0060205
label: cytoplasmic vesicle lumen
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword) localization to cytoplasmic vesicle
lumen, transferred by similarity from the rat ortholog (P03958). There is no
direct evidence for human ADA in a cytoplasmic vesicle lumen.
action: REMOVE
reason: Weakly supported electronic annotation transferred by similarity. Human
ADA is dominantly cytosolic, with well-documented lysosomal and cell-surface
pools; the cytoplasmic vesicle lumen assignment is not experimentally supported
for the human protein and is a keyword-driven over-propagation.
- term:
id: GO:0070161
label: anchoring junction
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000044
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Electronic (UniProt SubCell keyword 'Cell junction') mapping to anchoring
junction. ADA colocalizes with CD26 at the cell surface and its ADA-CD26 axis
influences cell adhesion, but there is no evidence it is a structural component
of an anchoring junction.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: The 'Cell junction' keyword derives from the ecto-ADA/CD26 role in cell-cell
adhesion, but mapping this to the specific structural term 'anchoring junction'
over-interprets a peripheral, adhesion-modulating function as junctional residency.
Retained as a flag rather than removed since the underlying cell-junction association
is real.
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:28514442
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: High-throughput affinity-purification/mass-spectrometry interactome IPI
(interacting partner POTEF/A5A3E0). Bare 'protein binding' conveys no specific
molecular function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: Uninformative 'protein binding' term derived from a proteome-scale interactome
screen; the POTEF interaction is not a characterized functional partnership for
ADA. Per curation guidelines, bare protein binding is not retained as informative
MF, but the IPI is not removed.
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:33961781
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: High-throughput interactome IPI (BioPlex; interacting partner POTEF/A5A3E0).
Bare 'protein binding' conveys no specific molecular function.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: Uninformative 'protein binding' from a proteome-scale interactome dataset,
capturing the same POTEF association. Not retained as informative MF; not removed.
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: is_active_in
review:
summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer (from mouse ortholog P03958) that
ADA is active in the cytosol. Duplicate of the core cytosolic localization.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct primary localization, consistent with the IBA and Reactome/TAS
cytosol annotations.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on
the cell surface of monocytes
- term:
id: GO:0006196
label: AMP catabolic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of AMP catabolic process. ADA acts
on the nucleosides adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine, not directly on the nucleotide
AMP; the direct catalytic step on AMP is carried out by other enzymes (AMP deaminase,
5'-nucleotidase).
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: This is a broad pathway-participation (involved_in) annotation rather than
a direct-substrate claim. ADA does participate in overall AMP catabolism downstream
(AMP is dephosphorylated to adenosine, which ADA then deaminates to inosine), so
the term is not strictly wrong at the pathway level; but it is a nonspecific,
ortholog-transferred over-annotation that does not capture ADA's actual catalytic
step, so it is marked as over-annotated rather than treated as a core function.
- term:
id: GO:0008270
label: zinc ion binding
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of zinc ion binding. ADA is a zinc
metalloenzyme that binds one catalytic Zn2+ per subunit, coordinated by conserved
histidine/aspartate residues; this is required for catalysis.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct and core molecular-function cofactor binding, directly supported
by the crystal structure and by an ADASCID mutation (H15D) that disrupts zinc
coordination and abolishes activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit
- reference_id: PMID:7599635
supporting_text: the first naturally occurring mutation of a residue that coordinates
- term:
id: GO:0032263
label: GMP salvage
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of GMP salvage. ADA has no role in
guanine-nucleotide salvage; it deaminates adenosine/2'-deoxyadenosine and does
not act on any guanine-containing metabolite.
action: REMOVE
reason: Biologically incorrect for ADA's substrate specificity. GMP salvage involves
HGPRT/guanine metabolism, entirely separate from adenosine deamination. This
is an over-propagated pathway-network annotation and should be removed.
- term:
id: GO:0044209
label: AMP salvage
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of AMP salvage. ADA does not catalyze
any AMP-salvage step; by deaminating adenosine it in fact diverts the substrate
away from adenine/AMP salvage toward the inosine/hypoxanthine catabolic branch.
action: REMOVE
reason: Over-propagated pathway-network annotation that is at odds with ADA's biology.
AMP salvage is carried out by adenine phosphoribosyltransferase and adenosine
kinase; ADA is catabolic. Should be removed.
- term:
id: GO:0046059
label: dAMP catabolic process
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000107
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Ensembl-Compara electronic transfer of dAMP catabolic process. ADA deaminates
the deoxynucleoside 2'-deoxyadenosine, not directly the deoxynucleotide dAMP; the
direct catalytic step on dAMP is carried out by other enzymes (e.g. 5'-nucleotidases,
deoxynucleotide deaminases).
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: As for the AMP catabolic-process annotation, this is a broad involved_in
pathway term rather than a direct-substrate claim. ADA participates downstream in
dAMP catabolism (dAMP is dephosphorylated to 2'-deoxyadenosine, which ADA deaminates
to 2'-deoxyinosine), so the term is not strictly wrong at the pathway level; it is a
nonspecific, ortholog-transferred over-annotation and is marked as over-annotated
rather than treated as a core function.
- term:
id: GO:0046936
label: 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IEA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000120
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Electronic annotation (RHEA:28190) of 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity.
ADA hydrolytically deaminates 2'-deoxyadenosine to 2'-deoxyinosine; this activity
is the physiologically critical one whose loss drives dATP accumulation in ADA-SCID.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core molecular function alongside adenosine deaminase activity,
supported by the second RHEA reaction and by experimental catalytic data.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- term:
id: GO:0006805
label: xenobiotic metabolic process
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9748784
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Reactome (Drug ADME) annotation reflecting ADA's deamination of nucleoside
analog drugs, notably ribavirin (RBV -> RBV-COOH) and cordycepin. This is a
pharmacologically important but incidental substrate promiscuity.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A genuine xenobiotic/drug-metabolism role arising from ADA's broad specificity
for adenosine-like nucleosides, but secondary to its endogenous purine-catabolic
function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: responsible for the deamination of cordycepin
- term:
id: GO:0043101
label: purine-containing compound salvage
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-74217
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Reactome (Purine salvage pathway) TAS annotation. ADA participates in
the purine salvage/interconversion network by converting adenosine and 2'-deoxyadenosine
to their inosine counterparts, which are then further metabolized.
action: ACCEPT
reason: ADA is a bona fide participant in the purine salvage/interconversion pathway;
this broader process term is accurate and reflects the enzyme's contribution
to purine-containing compound turnover.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9361033
supporting_text: the purine salvage enzyme adenosine deaminase
- term:
id: GO:0005886
label: plasma membrane
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000052
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Human Protein Atlas immunofluorescence localization to the plasma membrane,
consistent with the ecto-ADA cell-surface pool tethered by CD26/DPP4.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Correct for the cell-surface (ecto-ADA) pool; a secondary localization
relative to the dominant cytosolic activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11999881
supporting_text: indicating surface expression of ADA
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:26166670
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IMP annotation of adenosine deaminase activity from a study of the ADA1
G22A (Asp8Asn/ADA*2) polymorphism in fertile vs infertile men, in which ADA
isoenzyme activities were measured; the low-activity GA genotype had reduced
ADA1 activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Supports the core adenosine deaminase activity of the human enzyme via
genotype-linked measurement of ADA1 activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:26166670
supporting_text: the ADA1 activity with GG genotype was higher than GA carriers
in all population
- term:
id: GO:0046936
label: 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:9361033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IMP annotation from characterization of ADASCID mutant alleles (Y97C,
L106V) whose loss of ADA activity is measured, establishing the enzyme's deoxyadenosine-deaminase
function via mutation-driven activity loss and toxic dATP/deoxyadenosine accumulation.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Loss-of-function mutations abolishing enzyme activity, coupled with accumulation
of the deoxyadenosine substrate, directly support ADA's 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase
activity as a core function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9361033
supporting_text: directly with the accumulation of the toxic metabolites deoxyATP
and deoxyadenosine
- term:
id: GO:0019239
label: deaminase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:2166947
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Experimental annotation to the general parent 'deaminase activity' from
characterization of hot-spot ADASCID mutations (e.g. Arg76Trp) that alter mutant
ADA enzyme activity. The specific activity is adenosine deaminase activity.
action: MODIFY
reason: Correct in essence but too general; the mutations characterized affect
adenosine deaminase activity specifically and the term should be refined to GO:0004000.
proposed_replacement_terms:
- id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:2166947
supporting_text: resulting in Arg76 to Trp
- term:
id: GO:0019239
label: deaminase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:2783588
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Experimental annotation to the general parent 'deaminase activity' from
identification of the Pro297Gln mutation causing a heat-labile ADA in partial
ADA deficiency. The specific activity is adenosine deaminase activity.
action: MODIFY
reason: Correct in essence but too general; refine to the specific adenosine deaminase
activity term.
proposed_replacement_terms:
- id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:2783588
supporting_text: replacement of a proline
- term:
id: GO:0019239
label: deaminase activity
evidence_type: EXP
original_reference_id: PMID:3182793
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Experimental annotation to the general parent 'deaminase activity'. Mutant
ADA alleles (e.g. Arg101Trp, Arg211His, Ala329Val) expressed by transfection
failed to produce functional enzyme, demonstrating loss of adenosine deaminase
activity.
action: MODIFY
reason: Correct in essence but too general; refine to the specific adenosine deaminase
activity term.
proposed_replacement_terms:
- id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:3182793
supporting_text: they do not encode a
- term:
id: GO:0019239
label: deaminase activity
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9754964
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Reactome TAS annotation (ADA deamidates ribavirin) to the general parent
'deaminase activity'. The specific activity is adenosine deaminase activity acting
on ribavirin, an adenosine analog.
action: MODIFY
reason: Correct in essence but too general; the underlying reaction is ADA's adenosine
deaminase activity applied to a nucleoside-analog drug. Refine to GO:0004000.
proposed_replacement_terms:
- id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- term:
id: GO:0014074
label: response to purine-containing compound
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:25644539
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation (MGI) from a study of calcific aortic valve disease in
which adenosine, generated by ecto-nucleotidases, drives valve-interstitial-cell
mineralization through the A2a adenosine receptor; ADA is part of the extracellular
adenosine-metabolizing machinery in this context.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A context-specific (disease-associated) response annotation downstream
of ADA's role in extracellular adenosine handling; peripheral to the core catabolic
function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25644539
supporting_text: adenosine stimulated the mineralization of
- term:
id: GO:0046085
label: adenosine metabolic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:25644539
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation (MGI) placing ADA in adenosine metabolism in the context
of calcific aortic valve disease. Adenosine metabolic process is a valid broader
parent of ADA's core adenosine catabolic activity.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Correct but broader than the more specific 'adenosine catabolic process'
that captures ADA's defining role. Retained as accurate; the specific catabolic
term is preferred for the core function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:25644539
supporting_text: adenosine stimulated the mineralization of
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9734745
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome TAS cytosolic localization (defective ADA does not deaminate
(deoxy)adenosine). Consistent with the core cytosolic site of ADA activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct primary localization, redundant with the IBA/IEA/other Reactome
cytosol annotations.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on
the cell surface of monocytes
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-74241
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome TAS cytosolic localization (ADA catalyzes the deamination of
(deoxy)adenosine). Consistent with the core cytosolic site of ADA activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct primary localization, redundant with the other cytosol annotations.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on
the cell surface of monocytes
- term:
id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
evidence_type: TAS
original_reference_id: Reactome:R-HSA-9754964
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: Reactome TAS cytosolic localization (ADA deamidates ribavirin). Consistent
with the core cytosolic site of ADA activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct primary localization, redundant with the other cytosol annotations.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on
the cell surface of monocytes
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:8894685
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IDA annotation from full genetic rescue of ADA-deficient mice by the human
ADA gene, demonstrating that the human enzyme provides functional adenosine deaminase
activity that complements murine ADA in all tissues.
action: ACCEPT
reason: In vivo functional complementation is strong support that the human protein
carries out adenosine deaminase activity; the lethal ADA-deficient phenotype
is due to absence of the enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8894685
supporting_text: human ADA can complement murine ADA in
- term:
id: GO:0006154
label: adenosine catabolic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:8894685
qualifier: acts_upstream_of_or_within
review:
summary: IDA annotation that ADA acts upstream of or within adenosine catabolism,
from mouse genetic rescue showing the lethal ADA-deficient phenotype is corrected
by restoring ADA function.
action: ACCEPT
reason: The rescue of ADA-deficient mice by the human gene confirms ADA's role
in adenosine catabolism in vivo; this is the core biological process.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8894685
supporting_text: lethal phenotype of ADA-deficient mice is due to the absence
- term:
id: GO:0046103
label: inosine biosynthetic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:8894685
qualifier: acts_upstream_of_or_within
review:
summary: IDA annotation that ADA acts upstream of or within inosine biosynthesis;
inosine is the direct product of adenosine deamination, restored upon complementation
of ADA-deficient mice by the human gene.
action: ACCEPT
reason: ADA directly generates inosine; valid process annotation downstream of
the core catalytic reaction, supported by in vivo complementation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8894685
supporting_text: restoration of viability through introduction of the
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: ISS
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000024
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS from mouse P03958) transfer of the core adenosine
deaminase activity. Redundant with the directly demonstrated human activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core molecular function, well supported by experimental data for
the human enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- term:
id: GO:0006154
label: adenosine catabolic process
evidence_type: ISS
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000024
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS) transfer of the core adenosine catabolic process.
Redundant with experimentally supported annotations.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core biological process.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Plays an important role in purine
- term:
id: GO:0008270
label: zinc ion binding
evidence_type: ISS
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000024
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS) transfer of zinc ion binding. ADA binds one
catalytic zinc per subunit; conserved across the family and required for catalysis.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Correct core cofactor-binding function, supported by structure and by disease
mutations affecting zinc-coordinating residues.
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit
- term:
id: GO:0046103
label: inosine biosynthetic process
evidence_type: ISS
original_reference_id: GO_REF:0000024
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: Sequence-similarity (ISS) transfer of inosine biosynthetic process; inosine
is the direct product of ADA-catalyzed adenosine deamination.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Valid process downstream of the core catalytic reaction.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8452534
supporting_text: the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional
to incubation time
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:8101391
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IPI documenting the direct, specific association of ADA with CD26/DPP4
(P27487) on the T-cell surface, through the extracellular domain of CD26. This
is the physiologically important ecto-ADA anchoring interaction.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: The interaction itself is real and biologically important, but the term
'protein binding' is uninformative. The functional consequences of the ADA-CD26
interaction are already captured by the T-cell activation and cell-adhesion process
annotations; the bare MF term is not retained as informative, though the IPI
is not removed.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8101391
supporting_text: an in vitro binding assay showed that the binding was through
the extracellular domain of CD26
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:11999881
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IDA annotation from a study of anti-ADA autoantibodies in lupus, which
used purified/commercial ADA and detected ADA (the ADA1 40 kDa component) on
cells; supports the identity and activity of the human ADA protein.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Consistent with the well-established core adenosine deaminase activity of
human ADA1.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11999881
supporting_text: corresponding to ADA1, the major component
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- term:
id: GO:0016020
label: membrane
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:11999881
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation to the very general term 'membrane', from immunofluorescence
showing anti-ADA antibodies stain the cell surface of HEp-2 cells and lymphocytes.
The staining reflects the ecto-ADA (cell-surface) pool.
action: MODIFY
reason: The generic 'membrane' term under-specifies the observation; the data show
cell-surface/plasma-membrane localization of ecto-ADA. Refine to cell surface.
proposed_replacement_terms:
- id: GO:0009986
label: cell surface
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11999881
supporting_text: surface of HEp-2 cells and lymphocytes, indicating surface expression
of ADA
- term:
id: GO:0001666
label: response to hypoxia
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:16670267
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation that ADA participates in the hypoxia response; endothelial
ADA (and its partner CD26) are induced by hypoxia at mRNA and protein levels,
localizing ADA activity to the cell surface to clear elevated extracellular adenosine.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A genuine, experimentally demonstrated regulatory response (hypoxia-induced
ADA/CD26), but a physiological/context-specific role secondary to the core catabolic
function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: hypoxia induces endothelial ADA and CD26
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:16670267
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity; the study confirmed induction
of enzymatically active ADA in hypoxic endothelium, degrading extracellular adenosine
to inosine.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly demonstrated core adenosine deaminase activity of the human enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: increasing the endothelial capacity to metabolize adenosine
to inosine
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:8452534
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity, from direct assay of ADA
activity (adenosine to inosine, Km 37 uM) in purified human fibroblast lysosomes.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct biochemical demonstration of the core adenosine deaminase activity
of the human enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8452534
supporting_text: the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional
to incubation time
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:9361033
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity from expression of wild-type
and mutant ADA cDNAs; the Y97C mutant retained only detectable but markedly reduced
activity, and wild-type ADA showed normal activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly measured expressed ADA activity supports the core adenosine deaminase
function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9361033
supporting_text: detectable but markedly reduced activity
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:14684150
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IPI from a cryo-EM 3D structure of the CD26-ADA complex (partner P27487/DPP4),
mapping the ADA-binding site across CD26 beta-propeller blades 4 and 5. Documents
the specific ADA-CD26 interaction.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: Real, structurally characterized ADA-CD26 interaction, but 'protein binding'
is uninformative as a molecular function; the interaction's biological role is
captured by the ecto-ADA process annotations. IPI retained, not removed.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:14684150
supporting_text: ADA binding occurs at the outer edges of the
- term:
id: GO:0005515
label: protein binding
evidence_type: IPI
original_reference_id: PMID:7594462
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IPI documenting the ADA-CD26 (P27487) interaction on the T-cell surface,
where ADA and CD26 colocalize and exogenous ADA produces an enzyme-independent
costimulatory synergism in T-cell activation.
action: MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
reason: Genuine, functionally important ADA-CD26 interaction, but 'protein binding'
is uninformative; the costimulatory role is captured by the T-cell activation
process annotation. IPI retained, not removed.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:7594462
supporting_text: addition of ADA produced an enzyme-independent synergism
- term:
id: GO:0005764
label: lysosome
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:8452534
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: IDA localization to the lysosome, from direct demonstration of ADA activity
in Percoll-purified human fibroblast lysosomes (~10% of total cellular ADA activity).
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Genuine but minor secondary localization relative to the dominant cytosolic
pool.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:8452534
supporting_text: adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity that accounts for approximately
10% of the total ADA activity
- term:
id: GO:0006154
label: adenosine catabolic process
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:16670267
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation of adenosine catabolic process; hypoxia-induced endothelial
ADA (with CD26) increases the capacity to catabolize extracellular adenosine
to inosine.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Direct demonstration of ADA's core biological process (adenosine catabolism)
in a physiological setting.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: increasing the endothelial capacity to metabolize adenosine
to inosine
- term:
id: GO:0009897
label: external side of plasma membrane
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:16670267
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: IDA localization of ecto-ADA to the external side of the plasma membrane,
tethered by CD26; surface binding was blocked by HIV gp120, which competes for
ADA-CD26 binding.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Genuine cell-surface (extracellular) localization of the ecto-ADA pool;
secondary to the dominant cytosolic activity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation
of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
- term:
id: GO:0009897
label: external side of plasma membrane
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:7759315
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: IDA localization of surface ADA on the plasma membrane of mononuclear
blood cells detected by flow cytometry; surface ADA is a proposed B-cell marker
in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Genuine cell-surface (ecto-ADA) localization; secondary to the dominant
cytosolic pool.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:7759315
supporting_text: surface ADA might be considered a novel marker for CLL
- term:
id: GO:0009986
label: cell surface
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:11772392
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: IDA localization of ADA to the cell surface, where cell-surface ADA (e.g.
on Caco-2 epithelial cells) participates in ADA-CD26-mediated lymphocyte-epithelial
adhesion.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Genuine ecto-ADA cell-surface localization; secondary to the core cytosolic
pool.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: an enzyme mainly localized in the cytosol but also found on
the cell surface of monocytes
- term:
id: GO:0009986
label: cell surface
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:7594462
qualifier: located_in
review:
summary: IDA localization of surface ADA on activated human T cells (flow cytometry),
where ADA colocalizes with CD26 on the T-cell surface.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: Genuine ecto-ADA cell-surface localization on lymphocytes; secondary to
the core cytosolic pool.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:7594462
supporting_text: colocalized on the surface of T cells
- term:
id: GO:0032261
label: purine nucleotide salvage
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:9361033
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IMP annotation placing ADA in purine nucleotide salvage; loss-of-function
ADA mutations disrupt purine interconversion and cause toxic (deoxy)adenosine/dATP
accumulation. ADA is described as a purine salvage enzyme.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: ADA participates in the broader purine salvage/interconversion network,
but its own committed reaction is adenosine catabolism (the core process). Retained
as an accurate pathway-level annotation.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9361033
supporting_text: the purine salvage enzyme adenosine deaminase
- term:
id: GO:0033632
label: regulation of cell-cell adhesion mediated by integrin
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:11772392
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation from experiments showing the ADA-CD26 interaction regulates
lymphocyte-epithelial cell adhesion, with exogenous ADA increasing expression
of activated integrins on T-cell lines (integrin activation assays).
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A genuine extra-enzymatic (moonlighting) role of ecto-ADA via CD26 in modulating
integrin-mediated cell adhesion; secondary to the core catabolic function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:11772392
supporting_text: FACS analysis revealed a higher expression of activated
- term:
id: GO:0042110
label: T cell activation
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:7594462
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation that ADA acts in T cell activation; exogenous ADA binding
to CD26 produces a costimulatory (enzyme-independent) synergism in the TCR-CD3
activation response.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A genuine moonlighting immunological role of ecto-ADA via CD26, distinct
from and secondary to the core cytosolic catalytic function.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:7594462
supporting_text: binding to CD26 produces a costimulatory response in T cell
activation events
- term:
id: GO:0060169
label: negative regulation of adenosine receptor signaling pathway
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:16670267
qualifier: involved_in
review:
summary: IDA annotation that ADA negatively regulates adenosine-receptor signaling
by clearing extracellular adenosine (the receptor agonist), limiting adenosine
accumulation and downstream signaling in hypoxic endothelium.
action: KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
reason: A genuine signaling consequence of ecto-ADA's extracellular adenosine clearance,
secondary to the core catabolic activity. Context-dependent, since ADA can also
positively modulate adenosine-receptor agonist affinity.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:16670267
supporting_text: ADA localizes to the endothelial surface and limits the accumulation
of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia
- term:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
evidence_type: IDA
original_reference_id: PMID:3182793
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IDA annotation of adenosine deaminase activity; wild-type ADA cDNA expressed
by transfection produced ADA enzymatic levels ~40-fold higher than mutant sequences,
confirming the enzyme's catalytic activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: Directly measured expressed ADA enzyme activity supports the core adenosine
deaminase function; mutant alleles failed to encode functional enzyme.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:3182793
supporting_text: they do not encode a
- term:
id: GO:0008270
label: zinc ion binding
evidence_type: IMP
original_reference_id: PMID:7599635
qualifier: enables
review:
summary: IMP annotation of zinc ion binding from the ADASCID His15Asp mutation,
the first naturally occurring mutation of a residue that directly coordinates
the enzyme-associated zinc ion; H15D abolishes ADA activity.
action: ACCEPT
reason: A disease mutation of a direct zinc-coordinating residue that abolishes
activity provides strong functional evidence for ADA's core zinc-binding cofactor
role.
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:7599635
supporting_text: the first naturally occurring mutation of a residue that coordinates
core_functions:
- description: Zinc-dependent hydrolytic deamination of adenosine to inosine and of
2'-deoxyadenosine to 2'-deoxyinosine, the committed catabolic step that clears
(deoxy)adenosine and maintains adenosine/purine homeostasis. Loss of this activity
causes toxic (deoxy)adenosine and dATP accumulation and ADA-SCID.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0004000
label: adenosine deaminase activity
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0006154
label: adenosine catabolic process
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
substrates:
- id: CHEBI:16335
label: adenosine
- id: CHEBI:17256
label: 2'-deoxyadenosine
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Catalyzes the hydrolytic deamination of adenosine and 2-
- reference_id: PMID:8452534
supporting_text: the conversion of [3H]adenosine into [3H]inosine was proportional
to incubation time
- description: 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity; hydrolytic deamination of the
deoxynucleoside 2'-deoxyadenosine to 2'-deoxyinosine. This is the physiologically
critical activity in lymphocytes, since its loss drives dATP accumulation underlying
ADA-SCID.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0046936
label: 2'-deoxyadenosine deaminase activity
directly_involved_in:
- id: GO:0006154
label: adenosine catabolic process
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
supported_by:
- reference_id: PMID:9361033
supporting_text: directly with the accumulation of the toxic metabolites deoxyATP
and deoxyadenosine
- description: Catalytic zinc-ion binding cofactor function. Each ADA subunit binds
one Zn2+ coordinated by conserved histidine and aspartate residues; the zinc activates
a water molecule for nucleophilic attack and is required for deaminase catalysis.
molecular_function:
id: GO:0008270
label: zinc ion binding
locations:
- id: GO:0005829
label: cytosol
supported_by:
- reference_id: file:human/ADA/ADA-uniprot.txt
supporting_text: Binds 1 zinc ion per subunit
- reference_id: PMID:7599635
supporting_text: the first naturally occurring mutation of a residue that coordinates
references:
- id: GO_REF:0000002
title: Gene Ontology annotation through association of InterPro records with GO
terms
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000024
title: Manual transfer of experimentally-verified manual GO annotation data to orthologs
by curator judgment of sequence similarity
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000033
title: Annotation inferences using phylogenetic trees
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000044
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot Subcellular Location
vocabulary mapping, accompanied by conservative changes to GO terms applied by
UniProt
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000052
title: Gene Ontology annotation based on curation of immunofluorescence data
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000107
title: Automatic transfer of experimentally verified manual GO annotation data to
orthologs using Ensembl Compara
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000117
title: Electronic Gene Ontology annotations created by ARBA machine learning models
findings: []
- id: GO_REF:0000120
title: Combined Automated Annotation using Multiple IEA Methods
findings: []
- id: PMID:11772392
title: Regulation of epithelial and lymphocyte cell adhesion by adenosine deaminase-CD26
interaction.
findings: []
- id: PMID:11999881
title: Anti-adenosine deaminase antibodies in lupus erythematosus.
findings: []
- id: PMID:14684150
title: 3D structure of the CD26-ADA complex obtained by cryo-EM and single particle
analysis.
findings: []
- id: PMID:16670267
title: 'Endothelial catabolism of extracellular adenosine during hypoxia: the role
of surface adenosine deaminase and CD26.'
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Full text available; directly demonstrates hypoxia-induced ecto-ADA/CD26
catabolizing extracellular adenosine to inosine. Supports the ecto-ADA localization,
adenosine catabolic process, and hypoxia-response annotations.
- id: PMID:2166947
title: Hot spot mutations in adenosine deaminase deficiency.
findings: []
- id: PMID:25644539
title: Adenosine derived from ecto-nucleotidases in calcific aortic valve disease
promotes mineralization through A2a adenosine receptor.
findings: []
- id: PMID:26166670
title: The Role of G22 A Adenosine Deaminase 1 Gene Polymorphism and the Activities
of ADA Isoenzymes in Fertile and Infertile Men.
findings: []
- id: PMID:2783588
title: Identification of a point mutation resulting in a heat-labile adenosine deaminase
(ADA) in two unrelated children with partial ADA deficiency.
findings: []
- id: PMID:28514442
title: Architecture of the human interactome defines protein communities and disease
networks.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Proteome-scale AP-MS interactome (BioPlex). Source of a bare 'protein
binding' IPI to POTEF; correctly cited but not functionally informative for ADA.
- id: PMID:3182793
title: Mutant human adenosine deaminase alleles and their expression by transfection
into fibroblasts.
findings: []
- id: PMID:33961781
title: Dual proteome-scale networks reveal cell-specific remodeling of the human
interactome.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: LOW
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Proteome-scale interactome dataset; source of a bare 'protein binding'
IPI to POTEF. Correctly cited but not functionally informative for ADA.
- id: PMID:7594462
title: Expression of ecto-adenosine deaminase and CD26 in human T cells triggered
by the TCR-CD3 complex. Possible role of adenosine deaminase as costimulatory
molecule.
findings: []
- id: PMID:7599635
title: Four new adenosine deaminase mutations, altering a zinc-binding histidine,
two conserved alanines, and a 5' splice site.
findings: []
- id: PMID:7759315
title: Surface adenosine deaminase. A novel B-cell marker in chronic lymphocytic
leukemia.
findings: []
- id: PMID:8101391
title: Direct association of adenosine deaminase with a T cell activation antigen,
CD26.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Foundational paper establishing the specific ADA-CD26/DPP4 interaction
via the CD26 extracellular domain. Underpins the ecto-ADA/CD26 (moonlighting)
annotations; the bare 'protein binding' MF is uninformative and marked over-annotated.
- id: PMID:8452534
title: Demonstration of adenosine deaminase activity in human fibroblast lysosomes.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Direct biochemical assay of human ADA activity (adenosine->inosine,
Km 37 uM) and demonstration of a minor lysosomal pool (~10% of total activity).
Supports the core MF and the lysosome localization.
- id: PMID:8894685
title: Full genetic rescue of adenosine deaminase-deficient mice through introduction
of the human gene.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: In vivo demonstration that the human ADA gene fully complements the
lethal ADA-deficient mouse phenotype, confirming ADA's essential catabolic function.
- id: PMID:9361033
title: An adenosine deaminase (ADA) allele contains two newly identified deleterious
mutations (Y97C and L106V) that interact to abolish enzyme activity.
findings: []
reference_review:
relevance: HIGH
correctness: VERIFIED
review_notes: Characterizes ADASCID loss-of-function mutations and the link between
loss of activity and toxic deoxyATP/deoxyadenosine accumulation. Supports the
core adenosine/deoxyadenosine deaminase functions and the disease mechanism.
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-74217
title: Purine salvage
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-74241
title: ADA catalyzes the deamination of (deoxy)adenosine
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9734745
title: Defective ADA does not deaminate (deoxy)adenosine
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9748784
title: Drug ADME
findings: []
- id: Reactome:R-HSA-9754964
title: ADA deamidates RBV
findings: []
suggested_questions:
- question: Are the cell-surface (ecto-ADA), cytosolic, and lysosomal pools of ADA
the product of a single gene/transcript, and how is surface localization (via
CD26/DPP4) achieved given ADA lacks a signal peptide or transmembrane domain?
- question: To what extent are ADA's extra-enzymatic (moonlighting) roles in T-cell
costimulation and cell adhesion mechanistically separable from its catalytic clearance
of extracellular adenosine?
suggested_experiments:
- description: Catalytically-dead (e.g. zinc-site) ADA knock-in versus wild-type rescue
in ADA-deficient lymphocytes to dissect enzyme-dependent versus CD26-binding (moonlighting)
contributions to T-cell activation and adhesion.
- description: Quantitative subcellular fractionation plus surface biotinylation across
cell types to measure the relative sizes of the cytosolic, lysosomal, and ecto-ADA
pools and their dependence on CD26 expression.