Term Information

Accession
GO:0042316
Name
penicillin metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
penicillin metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving any antibiotic that contains the condensed beta-lactamthiazolidine ring system. Penicillins are produced naturally during the growth of various microfungi of the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0042316 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of penicillin metabolic process (GO:0042316)
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penicillin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0032787)
penicillin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  beta-lactam antibiotic metabolic process (GO:0030653)
penicillin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  secondary metabolic process (GO:0019748)
penicillin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sulfur compound metabolic process (GO:0006790)
Children of penicillin metabolic process (GO:0042316)
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penicillin catabolic process (GO:0042317) [is_a relation] is_a  penicillin metabolic process
benzylpenicillin metabolic process (GO:1901086) [is_a relation] is_a  penicillin metabolic process
penicillin biosynthetic process (GO:0042318) [is_a relation] is_a  penicillin metabolic process
regulation of penicillin metabolic process (GO:0033244) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  penicillin metabolic process
negative regulation of penicillin metabolic process (GO:0033245) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  penicillin metabolic process
positive regulation of penicillin metabolic process (GO:0033246) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  penicillin metabolic process
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