How can I indicate that a particular gene product is secreted or translocated by a given secretion pathway?
According to current GO conventions, the biological process terms “Protein secretion by the type XXX secretion system” and cellular complex terms “Type XXX protein secretion system complex” are reserved for components of the secretion pathway and are NOT to be used to annotate the secreted/translocated proteins themselves. Because of the desire among PAMGO members to capture the mechanism of translocation, particularly for the Type III effectors, biological process terms with the following wording were created “Interaction with host via protein secreted by the type XXX secretion system”.
