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Enum: NucleicAcidTypeEnum

Chemical type of a nucleic acid polymer. The mmCIF _entity_poly.type value is given for each.

URI: lambda:NucleicAcidTypeEnum

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
dna None Deoxyribonucleic acid (mmCIF: polydeoxyribonucleotide)
rna None Ribonucleic acid (mmCIF: polyribonucleotide)
dna_rna_hybrid None A single strand containing both deoxyribo- and ribonucleotides (mmCIF: polyde...
peptide_nucleic_acid None Peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic analogue with a peptide-like backbone (mmCI...
other None Another nucleic acid analogue, such as a locked nucleic acid, morpholino or t...

Slots

Name Description
nucleic_acid_type Chemical type of the polymer: DNA, RNA, a DNA/RNA hybrid, or an analogue

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: http://w3id.org/lambda/

LinkML Source

name: NucleicAcidTypeEnum
description: Chemical type of a nucleic acid polymer. The mmCIF _entity_poly.type
  value is given for each.
from_schema: http://w3id.org/lambda/
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  dna:
    text: dna
    description: 'Deoxyribonucleic acid (mmCIF: polydeoxyribonucleotide)'
  rna:
    text: rna
    description: 'Ribonucleic acid (mmCIF: polyribonucleotide)'
  dna_rna_hybrid:
    text: dna_rna_hybrid
    description: 'A single strand containing both deoxyribo- and ribonucleotides (mmCIF:
      polydeoxyribonucleotide/polyribonucleotide hybrid)'
  peptide_nucleic_acid:
    text: peptide_nucleic_acid
    description: 'Peptide nucleic acid, a synthetic analogue with a peptide-like backbone
      (mmCIF: peptide nucleic acid)'
  other:
    text: other
    description: Another nucleic acid analogue, such as a locked nucleic acid, morpholino
      or threose nucleic acid