Term Information

Accession
GO:0046224
Name
bacteriocin metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
bacteriocin metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving bacteriocins, any of a heterogeneous group of polypeptide antibiotics that are secreted by certain bacterial strains and are able to kill cells of other susceptible (frequently related) strains after adsorption at specific receptors on the cell surface. They include the colicins, and their mechanisms of action vary. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0046224 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of bacteriocin metabolic process (GO:0046224)
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bacteriocin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  peptide antibiotic metabolic process (GO:0030650)
bacteriocin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  toxin metabolic process (GO:0009404)
Children of bacteriocin metabolic process (GO:0046224)
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bacteriocin catabolic process (GO:0046225) [is_a relation] is_a  bacteriocin metabolic process
bacteriocin biosynthetic process (GO:0030152) [is_a relation] is_a  bacteriocin metabolic process
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