Term Information

Accession
GO:0042440
Name
pigment metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
pigment metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving pigment, any general or particular coloring matter in living organisms, e.g. melanin. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042440 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_drosophila
goslim_pir
Feedback
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Parents of pigment metabolic process (GO:0042440)
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pigment metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  metabolic process (GO:0008152)
Children of pigment metabolic process (GO:0042440)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
pigment biosynthetic process (GO:0046148) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
melanin metabolic process (GO:0006582) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
pigment catabolic process (GO:0046149) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
pigment metabolic process involved in pigmentation (GO:0043474) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
phlobaphene metabolic process (GO:0051558) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
anthocyanin-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0046283) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
heme metabolic process (GO:0042168) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
aurone metabolic process (GO:0051550) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
flavone metabolic process (GO:0051552) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment metabolic process
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