toponome
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From topo- + genome. The name was invented by Walter Schubert in 2003.
Noun
[edit]toponome (plural toponomes)
- The spatial network code of biomolecules, particularly proteins in living cells and tissues.
- 2003 2003, Walter Shubert, “Topological Proteomics, Toponomics, MELK-Technology”, in Proteomics of Microorganisms, page 189:
- Thereby, it addresses higher level order in a proteome, referred to as the toponome, coding cell functions by topologically and timely determined webs of interacting proteins.