Term Information

Accession
GO:0051206
Name
silicate metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
silicate metabolism
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving silicates, the salts of silicic acids. Silicates are usually composed of silicon and oxygen (Si[x]O[y]), one or more metals, and possibly hydrogen. Types of silicate include unisilicates, metasilicates and hydrous silicates. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
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History
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Subset
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Parents of silicate metabolic process (GO:0051206)
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silicate metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  oxoacid metabolic process (GO:0043436)

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