Term Information

Accession
GO:0008205
Name
ecdysone metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
ecdysone metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving ecdysone, (22R)-2-beta,3-beta,14,22,25-pentahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one, an ecdysteroid found in insects. It is the inactive prohormone of the moulting hormone ecdysterone and may have intrinsic hormonal activity at other stages of insect development. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008205 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of ecdysone metabolic process (GO:0008205)
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ecdysone metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  ecdysteroid metabolic process (GO:0045455)
ecdysone metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process (GO:0016125)
ecdysone metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  secondary alcohol metabolic process (GO:1902652)
Children of ecdysone metabolic process (GO:0008205)
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ecdysone biosynthetic process (GO:0006697) [is_a relation] is_a  ecdysone metabolic process
ecdysone catabolic process (GO:0006708) [is_a relation] is_a  ecdysone metabolic process
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