Pepsinto

Pepsinto is a fictional data standard and protocol used in speculative fiction and world-building to describe how peptide sequence information is recorded, shared, and analyzed across laboratories and AI systems within a shared biotech ecosystem. It is not an actual standard.

The name blends peptide with into, signaling its purpose to integrate peptide data into computational workflows. It is sometimes stylized as PEPSINTo in some narratives.

A Pepsinto data model specifies fields such as primary sequence (amino acid string), post-translational modifications, experimental parameters (assay type, conditions), provenance metadata, versioning, cryptographic authentication, and access controls. It enables interoperable exchange between lab benches, cloud computing, and AI analysis tools.

Originating in near-future technothriller settings, Pepsinto is used to explore issues like data sovereignty, reproducibility, and governance in biotech research. It appears in world-building anthologies and gaming lore.

Within its fictional context, some authors praise its clarity and ethical safeguards; others critique it as overly idealized or susceptible to misuse without robust governance.

See also: related topics include data standards, bioinformatics, synthetic biology governance, and speculative biology.