FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term beta-alanine metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0019482 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constituent of proteins.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "beta-alanine metabolism"
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amino acid metabolic process_______
carboxylic acid metabolic process__|
                                   non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process
                                    |__beta-alanine metabolic process  2 rec.
                                        |__beta-alanine biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                        |   |__beta-alanine biosynthetic process via 1,3 diaminopropane
                                        |   |__beta-alanine biosynthetic process via 3-hydroxypropionate
                                        |   |__beta-alanine biosynthetic process via 3-ureidopropionate 1 rec.
                                        |__beta-alanine catabolic process
                                            |__beta-alanine catabolic process to L-alanine
                                            |__beta-alanine catabolic process to mevalonate semialdehyde, by transamination
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Wikipedia:Beta-alanine