Term Information

Accession
GO:0018955
Name
phenanthrene metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
phenanthrene metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving phenanthrene, a tricyclic aromatic hydrocarbon used in explosives and in the synthesis of dyes and drugs. Although phenanthrene is not mutagenic or carcinogenic, it has been shown to be toxic to marine diatoms, gastropods, mussels, crustaceans, and fish. Source: GOC:jl, UM-BBD_pathwayID:pha
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0018955 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of phenanthrene metabolic process (GO:0018955)
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phenanthrene metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound metabolic process (GO:1901360)
phenanthrene metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular aromatic compound metabolic process (GO:0006725)
phenanthrene metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  hydrocarbon metabolic process (GO:0120252)
Children of phenanthrene metabolic process (GO:0018955)
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phenanthrene catabolic process (GO:0042216) [is_a relation] is_a  phenanthrene metabolic process
UM-BBD_pathwayID
pha