Condensates: GO and annotation audit

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Species: human, worm, SCHPO, mouse

Condensates: GO and annotation audit

Supporting page for Biomolecular Condensates. Every table below is
generated, not hand-written:

uv run python projects/CONDENSATES/scripts/scan_condensate_annotations.py

Rerun it after corpus changes and replace the tables wholesale. The script takes ~4 minutes
over the full genes/ tree.

Scope of the term list

The script scans a hand-curated list of condensate-space GO terms. It has to: GO has no
biomolecular condensate class to enumerate descendants from. The obvious substitute,
GO:0043228 membraneless organelle, is too broad — checking hierarchical ancestors via OLS
confirms that both the ribosome (GO:0005840) and the cytoskeleton (GO:0005856) are
descendants of GO:0043232 intracellular membraneless organelle. Neither is a
phase-separated condensate.

The same check shows GO:0000407 phagophore assembly site is not a descendant of
GO:0043228, despite the PAS being a liquid-like Atg-protein condensate. It is included in
the list on biological grounds, not ontological ones.

Two parent terms (GO:0043228, GO:0043232) are scanned only to show how rarely they are
used directly.

Reading the tables

GOA coverage

Term Label Gene folders
GO:0005730 nucleolus 89
GO:0016607 nuclear speck 40
GO:0016604 nuclear body 39
GO:0000407 phagophore assembly site 23
GO:0016605 PML body 22
GO:0043186 P granule 20
GO:0010494 cytoplasmic stress granule 19
GO:0036464 cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granule 16
GO:0000932 P-body 15
GO:0140693 molecular condensate scaffold activity (MF) 9
GO:0035770 ribonucleoprotein granule 2
GO:0140694 membraneless organelle assembly (BP) 1
GO:0043232 intracellular membraneless organelle (parent) 1
GO:0042382 paraspeckles 0
GO:0140168 nuclear ribonucleoprotein granule 0
GO:0045495 pole plasm 0
GO:0043228 membraneless organelle (parent) 0

Review outcomes (399 reviewed annotations)

Term Label Actions
GO:0005730 nucleolus ACCEPT 70, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 45, MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED 9, REMOVE 3, UNDECIDED 2
GO:0016607 nuclear speck ACCEPT 22, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 14, MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED 2, REMOVE 1, NEW 1, UNDECIDED 1
GO:0016604 nuclear body KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 18, ACCEPT 16, MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED 1
GO:0000407 phagophore assembly site ACCEPT 29, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 3, UNDECIDED 1
GO:0016605 PML body KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 19, ACCEPT 4, REMOVE 2, MODIFY 2
GO:0036464 cytoplasmic ribonucleoprotein granule ACCEPT 14, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 8, MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED 3, NEW 1
GO:0000932 P-body ACCEPT 20, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 4, NEW 1
GO:0010494 cytoplasmic stress granule ACCEPT 19, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 6
GO:0043186 P granule ACCEPT 20, REMOVE 2, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 2, NEW 1
GO:0140693 molecular condensate scaffold activity (MF) ACCEPT 13, NEW 5, MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED 2, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 2
GO:0140694 membraneless organelle assembly (BP) ACCEPT 5
GO:0043232 intracellular membraneless organelle (parent) ACCEPT 5
GO:0035770 ribonucleoprotein granule ACCEPT 1

All actions combined: ACCEPT 238, KEEP_AS_NON_CORE 121, MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED 17, NEW 9, REMOVE 8, UNDECIDED 4, MODIFY 2

GO:0140693 roster (22 annotations)

Species Gene Evidence Action
EUPSC Q6WDN4 ISS NEW
SCHPO mid1 IDA ACCEPT
human LGALS3 IDA ACCEPT
human LGALS3 IDA ACCEPT
human NFE2L2 IDA ACCEPT
human SQSTM1 IDA ACCEPT
human SQSTM1 IDA ACCEPT
human SQSTM1 IDA ACCEPT
human SQSTM1 IDA ACCEPT
human SQSTM1 IDA ACCEPT
human SQSTM1 IEA ACCEPT
mouse Ccnt1 IEA ACCEPT
mouse Ccnt1 ISO ACCEPT
mouse Ccnt1 ISS ACCEPT
mouse Trp53 IEA KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
mouse Trp53 ISS KEEP_AS_NON_CORE
rat Tp53 ISO MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
rat Tp53 ISS MARK_AS_OVER_ANNOTATED
worm meg-2 IGI NEW
worm meg-3 IDA NEW
worm meg-4 IDA NEW
worm pgl-2 IC NEW