This concept’s semantic web URI is: [
http://sw.opencyc.org/2008/06/10/concept/en/adaptorMolecule
]
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Adaptor molecule
Unique Tag: [
adaptorMolecule
]
Aliases:
[ Adaptor molecules ]
This
predicate describing actors in events
relates an instance of
molecule
to an event in which it adapts one
chemical object
to another in order to facilitate the formation of a
chemical bond
between the two
ChemicalObjects
. Adapting involves recognizing a
chemical object
as an appropriate chemical reactant for a
chemical reaction
involving another
chemical object
. For example, in
translation event
,
transfer RNA molecule
molecules play the role of adaptor molecules by recognizing
AminoAcids
needed by
messenger RNA molecule
to build a protein.
Adaptor molecule
is an Example of:
Predicate describing actors in events
Relational noun slot
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