Term Information

Accession
GO:0050667
Name
homocysteine metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
Hcy metabolic process, Hcy metabolism, homocysteine metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving homocysteine, the amino acid alpha-amino-gamma-mercaptobutanoic acid. Homocysteine is an important intermediate in the metabolic reactions of its S-methyl derivative, methionine. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0050667 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of homocysteine metabolic process (GO:0050667)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
homocysteine metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  alpha-amino acid metabolic process (GO:1901605)
homocysteine metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  sulfur amino acid metabolic process (GO:0000096)
Children of homocysteine metabolic process (GO:0050667)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
homocysteine biosynthetic process (GO:0071268) [is_a relation] is_a  homocysteine metabolic process
homocysteine catabolic process (GO:0043418) [is_a relation] is_a  homocysteine metabolic process
negative regulation of homocysteine metabolic process (GO:0050669) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  homocysteine metabolic process
transsulfuration (GO:0019346) [is_a relation] is_a  homocysteine metabolic process
positive regulation of homocysteine metabolic process (GO:0050668) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  homocysteine metabolic process
regulation of homocysteine metabolic process (GO:0050666) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  homocysteine metabolic process
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