How are yeast-specific processes represented in GO?
The GO system is meant to be as broadly applicable as possible across different species. Thus, species-specific jargon is avoided in the phrasing of terms. In cases where a term is relevant to multiple different organisms but is fundamentally different in one organism compared to the others, a ‘sensu’ phrase is appended to the term. For example, a term that has ‘sensu Saccharomyces’ in its name indicates that this term represents a process or component as it occurs in the genus Saccharomyces.
The GO system is meant to be as broadly applicable as possible across different species. Thus, species-specific jargon is avoided in the phrasing of terms. In cases where a term is relevant to multiple different organisms but is fundamentally different in one organism compared to the others, a ‘sensu’ phrase is appended to the term. For example, a term that has ‘sensu Saccharomyces’ in its name indicates that this term represents a process or component as it occurs in the genus Saccharomyces. Some Candida albicans gene products may be annotated with ‘sensu Saccharomyces’ terms if the concepts are thought to be similar in the two fungi.
