Term Information

Accession
GO:0019740
Name
nitrogen utilization
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
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Alternate IDs
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Definition
A series of processes that forms an integrated mechanism by which a cell or an organism detects the depletion of primary nitrogen source, usually ammonia, and then activates genes to scavenge the last traces of the primary nitrogen source and to transport and metabolize alternative nitrogen sources. The utilization process begins when the cell or organism detects nitrogen levels, includes the activation of genes whose products detect, transport or metabolize nitrogen-containing substances, and ends when nitrogen is incorporated into the cell or organism's metabolism. Source: GOC:mah, GOC:mlg
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0019740 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of nitrogen utilization (GO:0019740)
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nitrogen utilization [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  nitrogen compound transport (GO:0071705)
nitrogen utilization [is_a relation] is_a  response to nutrient levels (GO:0031667)
nitrogen utilization [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  nitrogen compound metabolic process (GO:0006807)
Children of nitrogen utilization (GO:0019740)
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ammonia assimilation cycle (GO:0019676) [is_a relation] is_a  nitrogen utilization
regulation of nitrogen utilization (GO:0006808) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  nitrogen utilization
positive regulation of nitrogen utilization (GO:0045848) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  nitrogen utilization
negative regulation of nitrogen utilization (GO:0045847) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  nitrogen utilization
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