Term Information

Accession
GO:0018884
Name
carbazole metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
CAR metabolic process, CAR metabolism, carbazole metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving carbazole, a heterocyclic aromatic compound containing a dibenzopyrrole system that is produced during coal gasification and is present in cigarette smoke. Coal tar produced at high temperature contains an average of 1.5% carbazole. It is used widely in synthesis of dyes, pharmaceuticals, and plastics and is a suspected carcinogen. Source: GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0018884 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of carbazole metabolic process (GO:0018884)
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carbazole metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle metabolic process (GO:0046483)
carbazole metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound metabolic process (GO:1901360)
carbazole metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound metabolic process (GO:1901564)
carbazole metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular aromatic compound metabolic process (GO:0006725)
Children of carbazole metabolic process (GO:0018884)
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carbazole catabolic process (GO:0046232) [is_a relation] is_a  carbazole metabolic process
UM-BBD_pathwayID
car