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Accession
GO:0006768
Name
biotin metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
biotin metabolism, vitamin B7 metabolic process, vitamin B7 metabolism, vitamin H metabolic process, vitamin H metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving biotin, cis-tetrahydro-2-oxothieno(3,4-d)imidazoline-4-valeric acid; the (+) enantiomer is very widely distributed in cells and serves as a carrier in a number of enzymatic beta-carboxylation reactions. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0006768 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of biotin metabolic process (GO:0006768)
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biotin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sulfur compound metabolic process (GO:0006790)
biotin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0032787)
biotin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound metabolic process (GO:1901360)
biotin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  amide metabolic process (GO:0043603)
biotin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle metabolic process (GO:0046483)
biotin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  water-soluble vitamin metabolic process (GO:0006767)
biotin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound metabolic process (GO:1901564)
Children of biotin metabolic process (GO:0006768)
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biotin catabolic process (GO:0042367) [is_a relation] is_a  biotin metabolic process
biotin biosynthetic process (GO:0009102) [is_a relation] is_a  biotin metabolic process
Wikipedia
Biotin