FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025

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Term	vitamin metabolic process	ID (Ontology)	GO:0006766 (Gene Ontology)
Definition	The chemical reactions and pathways involving vitamins. Vitamin is a general term for a number of unrelated organic substances that occur in many foods in small amounts and that are necessary in trace amounts for the normal metabolic functioning of the body. Vitamins may be water-soluble or fat-soluble and usually serve as components of coenzyme systems.
Also Known As	"vitamin metabolism"
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  metabolic process
   |__small molecule metabolic process
       |__vitamin metabolic process  11 rec.
           |__vitamin biosynthetic process 10 rec.
           |   |__fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process(+) 8 rec.
           |__vitamin catabolic process 1 rec.
               |__fat-soluble vitamin catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
               |__water-soluble vitamin catabolic process(+)

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Is a	small molecule metabolic process
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	"vitamin metabolism" EXACT
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External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Reactome:R-HSA-211916 "Vitamins"