Term Information

Accession
GO:0018964
Name
propylene metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
propylene metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving propylene, an alkene produced by catalytic or thermal cracking of hydrocarbons or as a by-product of petroleum refining. It is used mainly in the preparation of alkylates for gasoline and in the production of polypropylene, acrylonitrile, propylene oxide and a number of other industrial chemicals. Source: GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0018964 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of propylene metabolic process (GO:0018964)
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propylene metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular alkene metabolic process (GO:0043449)
propylene metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  xenobiotic metabolic process (GO:0006805)
Children of propylene metabolic process (GO:0018964)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
propylene catabolic process (GO:0042208) [is_a relation] is_a  propylene metabolic process
UM-BBD_pathwayID
pro