Term Information

Accession
GO:0042572
Name
retinol metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
retinol metabolism, vitamin A1 alcohol metabolic process, vitamin A1 alcohol metabolism, vitamin A1 metabolic process, vitamin A1 metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving retinol, one of the three compounds that makes up vitamin A. Source: http://www.indstate.edu/thcme/mwking/vitamins.html, GOC:jl, PMID:1924551
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042572 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of retinol metabolic process (GO:0042572)
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retinol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  retinoid metabolic process (GO:0001523)
retinol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  hormone metabolic process (GO:0042445)
retinol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  primary alcohol metabolic process (GO:0034308)
retinol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  olefinic compound metabolic process (GO:0120254)
Children of retinol metabolic process (GO:0042572)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
all-trans-retinyl-ester hydrolase, 11-cis retinol forming activity (GO:0052885) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  retinol metabolic process
retinyl-palmitate esterase activity (GO:0050253) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  retinol metabolic process
11-cis-retinyl-palmitate hydrolase activity (GO:0047520) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  retinol metabolic process
NADP-retinol dehydrogenase activity (GO:0052650) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  retinol metabolic process
all-trans-retinol 13,14-reductase activity (GO:0051786) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  retinol metabolic process
retinol O-fatty-acyltransferase activity (GO:0050252) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  retinol metabolic process
Wikipedia
Retinol