001package org.biopax.paxtools.model.level2; 002 003/** 004 * A conversion interaction in which a set of physical entities, at least one 005 * being a macromolecule (e.g. protein, RNA, DNA), aggregate via non-covalent 006 * interactions. One of the participants of a complexAssembly must be an 007 * instance of the class complex (via a physicalEntityParticipant instance). 008 * 009 * <b>Comment:</b> This class is also used to represent complex disassembly. 010 * The assembly or disassembly of a complex is often a spontaneous process, in 011 * which case the direction of the complexAssembly (toward either assembly or 012 * disassembly) should be specified via the SPONTANEOUS property. 013 * 014 * <b>Synonyms:</b> aggregation, complex formation 015 * Examples: Assembly of the TFB2 and TFB3 proteins into the TFIIH complex, and 016 * assembly of the ribosome through aggregation of its subunits. 017 * Note: The following are not examples of complex assembly: Covalent 018 * phosphorylation of a protein (this is a biochemicalReaction); the TFIIH 019 * complex itself (this is an instance of the complex class, not the 020 * complexAssembly class). 021 */ 022public interface complexAssembly extends conversion 023{ 024}