FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term carotenoid metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0016116 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]
Also Known As "carotenoid metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 carotenoid metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
     involved_in | carotenoid metabolic process       1
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  isoprenoid metabolic process
   |__terpenoid metabolic process
       |__carotenoid metabolic process  1 rec.
           |__beta-carotene metabolic process
           |   |__beta-carotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__beta-carotene catabolic process
           |__carotenoid biosynthetic process
           |   |__alpha-carotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__alpha-zeacarotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__beta-carotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__beta-zeacarotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__xanthophyll biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__zeaxanthin bis(beta-D-glucoside) biosynthetic process
           |__carotenoid catabolic process
           |   |__alpha-zeacarotene catabolic process
           |   |__beta-carotene catabolic process
           |   |__beta-zeacarotene catabolic process
           |   |__delta-carotene catabolic process
           |   |__xanthophyll catabolic process(+)
           |   |__zeaxanthin bis(beta-D-glucoside) catabolic process
           |__xanthophyll metabolic process
               |__xanthophyll biosynthetic process(+)
               |__xanthophyll catabolic process(+)
               |__xanthophyll cycle
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Is a terpenoid metabolic process
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