FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term vitamin A metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006776 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving any of the vitamin A compounds, retinol, retinal (retinaldehyde) and retinoic acid, all of which are derivatives of beta-carotene.[ PubMed:1503811 ]
Also Known As "vitamin A metabolism"
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  diterpenoid metabolic process
   |__retinoid metabolic process
       |__vitamin A metabolic process  1 rec.
           |__regulation of vitamin A metabolic process
           |__vitamin A biosynthetic process 1 rec.
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