FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term benzoate metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0018874 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving benzoate, the anion of benzoic acid (benzenecarboxylic acid), a fungistatic compound widely used as a food preservative; it is conjugated to glycine in the liver and excreted as hippuric acid.[ ISBN:0721662544 ]
Also Known As "benzoate metabolism"
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 |__benzene-containing compound metabolic process__
carboxylic acid metabolic process                  |
 |__monocarboxylic acid metabolic process__________|
                                                   benzoate metabolic process
                                                    |__(R)-mandelate catabolic process to benzoate
                                                    |__benzoate catabolic process
                                                        |__benzoate catabolic process via CoA ligation
                                                        |__benzoate catabolic process via hydroxylation
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Is a monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
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UM-BBD_pathwayID:benz2