Term Information

Accession
GO:0046451
Name
diaminopimelate metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
diaminopimelate metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving diaminopimelate, the anion of the dicarboxylic acid 2,6-diaminoheptanedioic acid. It is an intermediate in lysine biosynthesis and as a component (as meso-diaminopimelate) of the peptidoglycan of Gram-negative bacterial cell walls. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:ai
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0046451 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of diaminopimelate metabolic process (GO:0046451)
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diaminopimelate metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  dicarboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0043648)
Children of diaminopimelate metabolic process (GO:0046451)
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diaminopimelate biosynthetic process (GO:0019877) [is_a relation] is_a  diaminopimelate metabolic process
lysine biosynthetic process via diaminopimelate (GO:0009089) [is_a relation] is_a  diaminopimelate metabolic process
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