FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term purine nucleobase metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006144 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.
Also Known As "purine base metabolic process" ; "purine base metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       6
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 purine nucleobase metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       6
     involved_in | purine nucleobase metabolic process       6
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 |__purine-containing compound metabolic process________
nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process  |
 |__nucleobase metabolic process________________________|
                                                        purine nucleobase metabolic process  13 rec.
                                                         |__adenine metabolic process 2 rec.
                                                         |   |__adenine biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                         |   |__adenine catabolic process
                                                         |__guanine metabolic process 1 rec.
                                                         |   |__GMP catabolic process to guanine
                                                         |   |__guanine biosynthetic process(+)
                                                         |   |__guanine catabolic process 1 rec.
                                                         |__hypoxanthine metabolic process
                                                         |   |__hypoxanthine biosynthetic process(+)
                                                         |   |__hypoxanthine catabolic process
                                                         |__purine nucleobase biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                                         |   |__adenine biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                         |   |__guanine biosynthetic process(+)
                                                         |   |__hypoxanthine biosynthetic process(+)
                                                         |   |__purine nucleobase salvage(+) 1 rec.
                                                         |   |__xanthine biosynthetic process
                                                         |__purine nucleobase catabolic process 4 rec.
                                                         |   |__adenine catabolic process
                                                         |   |__anaerobic purine nucleobase catabolic process
                                                         |   |__guanine catabolic process 1 rec.
                                                         |   |__hypoxanthine catabolic process
                                                         |   |__xanthine catabolic process 1 rec.
                                                         |__xanthine metabolic process 1 rec.
                                                             |__xanthine biosynthetic process
                                                             |__xanthine catabolic process 1 rec.
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Is a nucleobase metabolic process
purine-containing compound metabolic process
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  • "purine base metabolic process" EXACT
    "purine base metabolism" EXACT
    "purine metabolic process" NARROW
    "purine metabolism" NARROW
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