FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term macromolecule metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0043170 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving macromolecules, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass.
Also Known As "biopolymer metabolic process" ; "macromolecule metabolism" ; "organismal macromolecule metabolism"
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  cellular process
   |__metabolic process
       |__macromolecule metabolic process  6028 rec.
           |__aminoglycan metabolic process 46 rec.
           |   |__aminoglycan biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
           |   |__aminoglycan catabolic process(+) 29 rec.
           |   |__chitin metabolic process(+) 28 rec.
           |   |__glycosaminoglycan metabolic process(+) 20 rec.
           |   |__poly-N-acetyllactosamine metabolic process(+)
           |__amylopectin metabolic process
           |   |__amylopectin biosynthetic process
           |   |__amylopectin catabolic process
           |__ATP generation from poly-ADP-D-ribose 1 rec.
           |__cell wall macromolecule metabolic process
           |   |__cell wall macromolecule biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__cell wall macromolecule catabolic process(+)
           |   |__cell wall polysaccharide metabolic process(+)
           |   |__cell wall proteoglycan metabolic process(+)
           |__colanic acid metabolic process
           |   |__colanic acid biosynthetic process
           |__K antigen metabolic process
           |   |__K antigen biosynthetic process
           |__lipopolysaccharide metabolic process
           |   |__lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process
           |   |__lipopolysaccharide catabolic process
           |__macromolecule biosynthetic process 4041 rec.
           |   |__aminoglycan biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
           |   |__amyloid precursor protein biosynthetic process 1 rec.
           |   |__amylopectin biosynthetic process
           |   |__biotin carboxyl carrier protein biosynthetic process
           |   |__cell wall macromolecule biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__colanic acid biosynthetic process
           |   |__cutin biosynthetic process
           |   |__cytochrome biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__gene expression(+) 3793 rec.
           |   |__glycoprotein biosynthetic process(+) 177 rec.
           |   |__hemoglobin biosynthetic process 1 rec.
           |   |__holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] biosynthetic process
           |   |__integrin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__lipoprotein biosynthetic process 1 rec.
           |   |__maintenance of translational fidelity 1 rec.
           |   |__membrane macromolecule biosynthetic process
           |   |__MHC class I biosynthetic process
           |   |__MHC class II biosynthetic process
           |   |__neuromelanin biosynthetic process
           |   |__nucleic acid biosynthetic process(+) 2142 rec.
           |   |__poly-gamma-glutamate biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__polysaccharide biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
           |   |__protein biosynthetic process 965 rec.
           |   |__rhodopsin biosynthetic process 15 rec.
           |   |__translation(+) 965 rec.
           |   |__translational elongation(+) 37 rec.
           |__macromolecule catabolic process 703 rec.
           |   |__aminoglycan catabolic process(+) 29 rec.
           |   |__amylopectin catabolic process
           |   |__cell wall macromolecule catabolic process(+)
           |   |__lipopolysaccharide catabolic process
           |   |__modification-dependent macromolecule catabolic process(+) 364 rec.
           |   |__nucleic acid catabolic process(+) 203 rec.
           |   |__polysaccharide catabolic process(+) 33 rec.
           |   |__protein catabolic process(+) 443 rec.
           |   |__receptor catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__teichoic acid catabolic process(+)
           |__macromolecule modification 613 rec.
           |   |__DNA modification(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__macromolecule deacylation(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__macromolecule methylation(+) 67 rec.
           |   |__protein modification process(+) 493 rec.
           |   |__RNA modification(+) 121 rec.
           |   |__sialylation(+) 2 rec.
           |__nucleic acid metabolic process 3101 rec.
           |   |__DNA metabolic process(+) 924 rec.
           |   |__nucleic acid biosynthetic process(+) 2142 rec.
           |   |__nucleic acid catabolic process(+) 203 rec.
           |   |__RNA metabolic process(+) 2251 rec.
           |__polynucleotide 3' dephosphorylation
           |__polynucleotide 5' dephosphorylation
           |__polysaccharide metabolic process 46 rec.
           |   |__alginic acid acetylation
           |   |__arabinan metabolic process(+)
           |   |__cell wall polysaccharide metabolic process(+)
           |   |__enterobacterial common antigen metabolic process(+)
           |   |__galacturonan metabolic process(+)
           |   |__glucan metabolic process(+) 46 rec.
           |   |__pectin metabolic process(+)
           |   |__polysaccharide biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
           |   |__polysaccharide catabolic process(+) 33 rec.
           |   |__substituted mannan metabolic process(+)
           |   |__xylan metabolic process(+)
           |__protein metabolic process 2753 rec.
           |   |__amyloid fibril formation 1 rec.
           |   |__amyloid precursor protein metabolic process(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__cytochrome metabolic process(+)
           |   |__ferredoxin metabolic process
           |   |__glycoprotein metabolic process(+) 195 rec.
           |   |__granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor production
           |   |__hemoglobin metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__hepatocyte growth factor production
           |   |__holo-[acyl-carrier-protein] biosynthetic process
           |   |__insulin metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__lipoprotein metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__lymphotoxin A production
           |   |__Notch receptor processing 16 rec.
           |   |__protein biosynthetic process 965 rec.
           |   |__protein catabolic process(+) 443 rec.
           |   |__protein maturation(+) 351 rec.
           |   |__protein modification process(+) 493 rec.
           |   |__protein repair(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__proteolysis(+) 1017 rec.
           |   |__rhodopsin metabolic process(+) 17 rec.
           |   |__translation(+) 965 rec.
           |__receptor metabolic process 18 rec.
           |   |__low-density lipoprotein receptor particle metabolic process(+)
           |   |__receptor catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__receptor recycling(+) 17 rec.
           |__teichoic acid metabolic process
               |__teichoic acid biosynthetic process(+)
               |__teichoic acid catabolic process(+)
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  • "biopolymer metabolic process" EXACT
    "macromolecule metabolism" EXACT
    "multicellular organismal macromolecule metabolic process" NARROW
    "organismal macromolecule metabolism" EXACT
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