FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term pigment metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0042440 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving pigment, any general or particular coloring matter in living organisms, e.g. melanin.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "pigment metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       3
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 pigment metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       3
     involved_in | pigment metabolic process       3
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   |__metabolic process
       |__pigment metabolic process  118 rec.
           |__anthocyanin-containing compound metabolic process
           |   |__anthocyanin-containing compound biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__anthocyanin-containing compound catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of anthocyanin metabolic process(+)
           |__flavone metabolic process
           |   |__flavone biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__flavonol metabolic process(+)
           |   |__quercetin catabolic process
           |__heme metabolic process 16 rec.
           |   |__heme biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
           |   |__heme catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__heme oxidation 1 rec.
           |__melanin metabolic process 63 rec.
           |   |__melanin biosynthetic process(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__melanin catabolic process
           |   |__melanization defense response(+) 58 rec.
           |__pigment biosynthetic process 54 rec.
           |   |__anthocyanin-containing compound biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__aurone biosynthetic process
           |   |__carotenoid biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__chlorophyll biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__eye pigment biosynthetic process(+) 32 rec.
           |   |__flavone biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__heme biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
           |   |__melanin biosynthetic process(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__ocellus pigment biosynthetic process(+) 12 rec.
           |   |__phlobaphene biosynthetic process
           |   |__phytochrome chromophore biosynthetic process
           |   |__pigment biosynthetic process involved in pigment accumulation(+)
           |   |__pteridine biosynthetic process 3 rec.
           |__pigment catabolic process 1 rec.
           |   |__anthocyanin-containing compound catabolic process(+)
           |   |__chlorophyll catabolic process(+)
           |   |__eye pigment catabolic process(+)
           |   |__heme catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__melanin catabolic process
           |   |__ocellus pigment catabolic process(+)
           |__pigment metabolic process involved in pigmentation 35 rec.
               |__ocellus pigment metabolic process(+) 12 rec.
               |__pigment biosynthetic process involved in pigment accumulation(+)
               |__pigment metabolic process involved in developmental pigmentation(+) 35 rec.
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