Term Information

Accession
GO:0018961
Name
pentachlorophenol metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
PCP metabolic process, PCP metabolism, pentachlorophenol metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving pentachlorophenol, a chlorinated insecticide and fungicide used primarily to protect timber from fungal rot and wood boring insects. Pentachlorophenol is significantly toxic to mammals, plants, and many microorganisms. Source: UM-BBD_pathwayID:pcp
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0018961 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of pentachlorophenol metabolic process (GO:0018961)
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pentachlorophenol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  benzene-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0042537)
pentachlorophenol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  phenol-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0018958)
Children of pentachlorophenol metabolic process (GO:0018961)
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pentachlorophenol catabolic process (GO:0019338) [is_a relation] is_a  pentachlorophenol metabolic process
UM-BBD_pathwayID
pcp