metabolic process

Term Information

Accession
GO:0008152
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
narrow: metabolic process resulting in cell growth
narrow: metabolism resulting in cell growth
exact: metabolism
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways, including anabolism and catabolism, by which living organisms transform chemical substances. Metabolic processes typically transform small molecules, but also include macromolecular processes such as DNA repair and replication, and protein synthesis and degradation. [source: GOC:go_curators, ISBN:0198547684]
Comment
Note that metabolic processes do not include single functions or processes such as protein-protein interactions, protein-nucleic acids, nor receptor-ligand interactions.
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