Term Information

Accession
GO:0018874
Name
benzoate metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
benzoate metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving benzoate, the anion of benzoic acid (benzenecarboxylic acid), a fungistatic compound widely used as a food preservative; it is conjugated to glycine in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid. Source: ISBN:0721662544
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0018874 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of benzoate metabolic process (GO:0018874)
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benzoate metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  benzene-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0042537)
benzoate metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0032787)
Children of benzoate metabolic process (GO:0018874)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
anaerobic benzoate metabolic process (GO:0018875) [is_a relation] is_a  benzoate metabolic process
aerobic benzoate metabolic process (GO:0019620) [is_a relation] is_a  benzoate metabolic process
benzoate catabolic process (GO:0043639) [is_a relation] is_a  benzoate metabolic process
(R)-mandelate catabolic process to benzoate (GO:0019597) [is_a relation] is_a  benzoate metabolic process
MetaCyc
P321-PWY
UM-BBD_pathwayID
benz2