
# Class: gene product


The functional molecular product of a single gene. Gene products are either proteins or functional RNA molecules

URI: [biolink:GeneProduct](https://w3id.org/biolink/vocab/GeneProduct)

![img](images/GeneProduct.png)

## Parents

 *  is_a: [GeneOrGeneProduct](GeneOrGeneProduct.md) - a union of genes or gene products. Frequently an identifier for one will be used as proxy for another

## Children

 * [RNAProduct](RNAProduct.md)
 * [GeneProductIsoform](GeneProductIsoform.md) - This is an abstract class that can be mixed in with different kinds of gene products to indicate that the gene product is intended to represent a specific isoform rather than a canonical or reference or generic product. The designation of canonical or reference may be arbitrary, or it may represent the superclass of all isoforms.
 * [Protein](Protein.md) - A gene product that is composed of a chain of amino acid sequences and is produced by ribosome-mediated translation of mRNA

## Referenced by class

 *  **[GeneToGeneProductRelationship](GeneToGeneProductRelationship.md)** *[object](gene_to_gene_product_relationship_object.md)*  <sub>REQ</sub>  **[GeneProduct](GeneProduct.md)**
 *  **[Gene](Gene.md)** *[has gene product](has_gene_product.md)*  <sub>0..*</sub>  **[GeneProduct](GeneProduct.md)**

## Attributes


### Inherited from genomic entity:

 * [has biological sequence](has_biological_sequence.md)  <sub>OPT</sub>
    * Description: connects a genomic feature to its sequence
    * range: [BiologicalSequence](BiologicalSequence.md)
    * inherited from: [GenomicEntity](GenomicEntity.md)

### Inherited from macromolecular machine:

 * [name](macromolecular_machine_name.md)  <sub>REQ</sub>
    * range: [SymbolType](SymbolType.md)
    * inherited from: [MacromolecularMachine](MacromolecularMachine.md)

### Inherited from named thing:

 * [id](id.md)  <sub>REQ</sub>
    * Description: A unique identifier for a thing. Must be either a CURIE shorthand for a URI or a complete URI
    * range: [IdentifierType](IdentifierType.md)
    * inherited from: [NamedThing](NamedThing.md)
    * in subsets: (translator_minimal)
 * [name](name.md)  <sub>REQ</sub>
    * Description: A human-readable name for a thing
    * range: [LabelType](LabelType.md)
    * inherited from: [NamedThing](NamedThing.md)
    * in subsets: (translator_minimal)
 * [category](category.md)  <sub>1..*</sub>
    * Description: Name of the high level ontology class in which this entity is categorized. Corresponds to the label for the biolink entity type class. In a neo4j database this MAY correspond to the neo4j label tag
    * range: [IriType](IriType.md)
    * inherited from: [NamedThing](NamedThing.md)
    * in subsets: (translator_minimal)

### Inherited from thing with taxon:

 * [in taxon](in_taxon.md)  <sub>0..*</sub>
    * Description: connects a thing to a class representing a taxon
    * range: [OrganismTaxon](OrganismTaxon.md)
    * inherited from: [ThingWithTaxon](ThingWithTaxon.md)
    * in subsets: (translator_minimal)
