Term Information

Accession
GO:0042120
Name
alginic acid metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
alginate metabolic process, alginate metabolism, alginic acid metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving alginic acid, a hydrophilic polysaccharide occurring in, for example, the cell walls of brown algae (brown seaweeds). Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042120 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of alginic acid metabolic process (GO:0042120)
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alginic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide metabolic process (GO:0005976)
alginic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  carboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0019752)
Children of alginic acid metabolic process (GO:0042120)
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alginic acid catabolic process (GO:0042122) [is_a relation] is_a  alginic acid metabolic process
alginic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0042121) [is_a relation] is_a  alginic acid metabolic process
alginic acid acetylation (GO:0051979) [is_a relation] is_a  alginic acid metabolic process
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