Term Information

Accession
GO:0035383
Name
thioester metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
thioester metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving a thioester, a compound of general formula RC(=O)SR' in which the linking oxygen in an ester is replaced by a sulfur atom. They are the product of esterification between a carboxylic acid and a thiol. Source: GOC:bf, Wikipedia:Thioester
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0035383 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of thioester metabolic process (GO:0035383)
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thioester metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sulfur compound metabolic process (GO:0006790)
thioester metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic substance metabolic process (GO:0071704)
Children of thioester metabolic process (GO:0035383)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
thioester biosynthetic process (GO:0035384) [is_a relation] is_a  thioester metabolic process
acyl-CoA metabolic process (GO:0006637) [is_a relation] is_a  thioester metabolic process
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