Term Information

Accession
GO:0000270
Name
peptidoglycan metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
murein metabolic process, murein metabolism, peptidoglycan metabolism
Alternate IDs
GO:0009284
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving peptidoglycans, any of a class of glycoconjugates found only in bacterial cell walls and consisting of strands of glycosaminoglycan cross-linked by oligopeptides to form a huge and rigid network. Source: ISBN:0198506732, PMID:33139480
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0000270 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of peptidoglycan metabolic process (GO:0000270)
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peptidoglycan metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycosaminoglycan metabolic process (GO:0030203)
Children of peptidoglycan metabolic process (GO:0000270)
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peptidoglycan turnover (GO:0009254) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidoglycan metabolic process
peptidoglycan biosynthetic process (GO:0009252) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidoglycan metabolic process
peptidoglycan catabolic process (GO:0009253) [is_a relation] is_a  peptidoglycan metabolic process
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