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Term Information

Accession
GO:0046655
Name
folic acid metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
folate metabolic process, folate metabolism, folic acid metabolism, vitamin B9 metabolic process, vitamin B9 metabolism, vitamin M metabolic process, vitamin M metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid. Folic acid is widely distributed as a member of the vitamin B complex and is essential for the synthesis of purine and pyrimidines. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046655 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of folic acid metabolic process (GO:0046655)
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folic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  dicarboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0043648)
folic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  amide metabolic process (GO:0043603)
folic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  folic acid-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0006760)
folic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  water-soluble vitamin metabolic process (GO:0006767)
Children of folic acid metabolic process (GO:0046655)
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folic acid catabolic process (GO:0046657) [is_a relation] is_a  folic acid metabolic process
folic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0046656) [is_a relation] is_a  folic acid metabolic process
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