Term Information

Accession
GO:0008212
Name
mineralocorticoid metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
mineralocorticoid metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving mineralocorticoids, hormonal C21 corticosteroids synthesized from cholesterol. Mineralocorticoids act primarily on water and electrolyte balance. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0008212 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of mineralocorticoid metabolic process (GO:0008212)
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mineralocorticoid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular process (GO:0009987)
mineralocorticoid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  hormone metabolic process (GO:0042445)
mineralocorticoid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  steroid metabolic process (GO:0008202)
Children of mineralocorticoid metabolic process (GO:0008212)
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mineralocorticoid biosynthetic process (GO:0006705) [is_a relation] is_a  mineralocorticoid metabolic process
aldosterone metabolic process (GO:0032341) [is_a relation] is_a  mineralocorticoid metabolic process
mineralocorticoid catabolic process (GO:0006712) [is_a relation] is_a  mineralocorticoid metabolic process
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