FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term DNA metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006259 (Gene Ontology)
Definition Any cellular metabolic process involving deoxyribonucleic acid. This is one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long, unbranched macromolecule formed from one, or more commonly, two, strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "cellular DNA metabolism" ; "DNA metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       4
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     involved_in | DNA metabolic process       4
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nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process__
macromolecule metabolic process___________________|
                                                  nucleic acid metabolic process
                                                   |__DNA metabolic process  924 rec.
                                                       |__base-excision repair, AP site formation 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__base-excision repair, AP site formation via deaminated base removal
                                                       |   |__depurination
                                                       |   |__depyrimidination
                                                       |__base-excision repair, gap-filling 2 rec.
                                                       |__chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway
                                                       |   |__chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation, direct 5-methylcytosine excision pathway
                                                       |   |__chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation, oxidation pathway
                                                       |   |__chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation, oxidative deamination pathway
                                                       |__DNA biosynthetic process 53 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA amplification(+) 25 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA synthesis involved in DNA repair(+) 9 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA synthesis involved in DNA replication(+) 16 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA-templated DNA biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__viral DNA genome replication(+)
                                                       |__DNA catabolic process 22 rec.
                                                       |   |__apoptotic DNA fragmentation 18 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial DNA catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |__DNA damage tolerance 17 rec.
                                                       |   |__error-free postreplication DNA repair(+)
                                                       |   |__translesion synthesis(+) 13 rec.
                                                       |__DNA double-strand break processing 10 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA double-strand break processing involved in repair via single-strand annealing 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA double-strand break processing involved in repair via synthesis-dependent strand annealing
                                                       |   |__meiotic DNA double-strand break processing(+) 5 rec.
                                                       |__DNA integration 30 rec.
                                                       |__DNA modification 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__base J metabolic process
                                                       |   |__depurination
                                                       |   |__depyrimidination
                                                       |   |__DNA ADP-ribosylation
                                                       |   |__DNA dealkylation
                                                       |   |__DNA deamination(+)
                                                       |   |__DNA restriction-modification system
                                                       |__DNA protection 1 rec.
                                                       |__DNA recombination 628 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA transposition(+) 10 rec.
                                                       |   |__homologous recombination(+) 530 rec.
                                                       |   |__intrachromosomal DNA recombination
                                                       |   |__intron homing(+)
                                                       |   |__mitochondrion DNA recombination
                                                       |   |__mitotic recombination(+) 11 rec.
                                                       |   |__plasmid recombination
                                                       |   |__recombination within rDNA repeats
                                                       |   |__recombinational repair(+) 66 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA-mediated DNA recombination
                                                       |   |__somatic cell DNA recombination(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |__DNA repair 213 rec.
                                                       |   |__base-excision repair(+) 14 rec.
                                                       |   |__chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation, oxidative deamination pathway
                                                       |   |__DNA alkylation repair 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA replication proofreading 7 rec.
                                                       |   |__double-strand break repair(+) 109 rec.
                                                       |   |__interstrand cross-link repair(+) 16 rec.
                                                       |   |__mismatch repair(+) 14 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial DNA repair 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__non-photoreactive DNA repair
                                                       |   |__nucleotide-excision repair(+) 28 rec.
                                                       |   |__protein-DNA covalent cross-linking repair 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__pyrimidine dimer repair(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__recombinational repair(+) 66 rec.
                                                       |   |__single strand break repair(+) 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__UV-damage excision repair 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__viral DNA repair
                                                       |__DNA replication 141 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA-templated DNA replication(+) 106 rec.
                                                       |__DNA replication initiation 32 rec.
                                                       |   |__cell cycle DNA replication initiation(+) 5 rec.
                                                       |__DNA replication termination 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__cell cycle DNA replication termination(+)
                                                       |   |__site-specific DNA replication termination(+)
                                                       |__DNA replication, Okazaki fragment processing 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__Okazaki fragment processing involved in mitotic DNA replication 1 rec.
                                                       |__DNA strand displacement 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__meiotic strand displacement(+)
                                                       |__DNA strand elongation 22 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA strand elongation involved in DNA replication(+) 22 rec.
                                                       |   |__telomeric 3' overhang formation
                                                       |__DNA strand invasion 4 rec.
                                                       |   |__meiotic strand invasion(+)
                                                       |__DNA strand resection involved in replication fork processing
                                                       |__DNA topological change 11 rec.
                                                       |__DNA-templated DNA replication maintenance of fidelity 21 rec.
                                                       |   |__cell cycle DNA replication maintenance of fidelity(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA replication proofreading 7 rec.
                                                       |   |__replication fork arrest(+) 4 rec.
                                                       |   |__replication fork processing(+) 11 rec.
                                                       |__formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__t-circle formation 2 rec.
                                                       |__G-quadruplex DNA formation
                                                       |__gap filling involved in double-strand break repair via nonhomologous end joining
                                                       |__heteroduplex formation 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__heteroduplex formation involved in double-strand break repair via synthesis-dependent strand annealing 1 rec.
                                                       |__lagging strand initiation
                                                       |__maintenance of DNA repeat elements 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__maintenance of CRISPR repeat elements
                                                       |   |__maintenance of DNA trinucleotide repeats
                                                       |   |__maintenance of rDNA(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |__meiotic DNA double-strand break formation 6 rec.
                                                       |   |__meiotic DNA double-strand break formation involved in meiotic gene conversion
                                                       |   |__meiotic DNA double-strand break formation involved in reciprocal meiotic recombination 1 rec.
                                                       |__mitochondrial DNA metabolic process 13 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA synthesis involved in mitochondrial DNA replication 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial DNA catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial DNA repair 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial DNA replication(+) 12 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrion DNA recombination
                                                       |__nucleotide-excision repair, DNA gap filling 3 rec.
                                                       |__plastid DNA metabolic process
                                                       |   |__plastid DNA replication
                                                       |__removal of nonhomologous ends
                                                       |   |__double-strand break repair via single-strand annealing, removal of nonhomologous ends
                                                       |__resolution of DNA recombination intermediates 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__resolution of mitotic recombination intermediates 1 rec.
                                                       |__telomere maintenance 35 rec.
                                                           |__telomere capping 12 rec.
                                                           |__telomere maintenance in response to DNA damage(+) 4 rec.
                                                           |__telomere maintenance via recombination(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__telomere maintenance via semi-conservative replication(+)
                                                           |__telomere maintenance via telomere lengthening(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__telomere maintenance via telomere trimming 2 rec.
                                                           |__telomeric loop disassembly(+) 1 rec.
                                                           |__telomeric loop formation
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    "DNA metabolism" EXACT
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