FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term primary metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0044238 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving those compounds which are formed as a part of the normal anabolic and catabolic processes. These processes take place in most, if not all, cells of the organism.
Also Known As "primary metabolism"
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   |__metabolic process
       |__primary metabolic process  6711 rec.
           |__amino acid metabolic process 183 rec.
           |   |__alpha-amino acid metabolic process(+) 116 rec.
           |   |__amino acid activation(+) 49 rec.
           |   |__amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 46 rec.
           |   |__amino acid catabolic process(+) 70 rec.
           |   |__aromatic amino acid metabolic process(+) 28 rec.
           |   |__branched-chain amino acid metabolic process(+) 20 rec.
           |   |__carnosine metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__chiral amino acid racemization(+)
           |   |__non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process(+) 21 rec.
           |   |__proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process(+) 104 rec.
           |   |__regulation of amino acid metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |__carbohydrate metabolic process 265 rec.
           |   |__carbohydrate biosynthetic process(+) 62 rec.
           |   |__carbohydrate catabolic process(+) 93 rec.
           |   |__carbohydrate phosphorylation 9 rec.
           |   |__D-glucarate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__D-gluconate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__glycerol metabolic process(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__glyoxylate cycle(+)
           |   |__hexitol metabolic process(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__mannosylglycerate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__monosaccharide metabolic process(+) 108 rec.
           |   |__oligosaccharide metabolic process(+) 15 rec.
           |   |__pentitol metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__polysaccharide metabolic process(+) 46 rec.
           |   |__regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process(+) 39 rec.
           |__lipid metabolic process 596 rec.
           |   |__ether lipid metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid derivative metabolic process(+) 45 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid metabolic process(+) 142 rec.
           |   |__glycerolipid metabolic process(+) 173 rec.
           |   |__isoprenoid metabolic process(+) 37 rec.
           |   |__lipid biosynthetic process(+) 289 rec.
           |   |__lipid catabolic process(+) 144 rec.
           |   |__lipid modification(+) 78 rec.
           |   |__liposaccharide metabolic process(+) 59 rec.
           |   |__membrane lipid metabolic process(+) 113 rec.
           |   |__neutral lipid metabolic process(+) 50 rec.
           |   |__phospholipid metabolic process(+) 175 rec.
           |   |__regulation of lipid metabolic process(+) 54 rec.
           |   |__steroid metabolic process(+) 61 rec.
           |   |__sulfolipid metabolic process(+)
           |__nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process 3465 rec.
           |   |__nucleic acid metabolic process(+) 3101 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing compound biosynthetic process(+) 2343 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing compound catabolic process(+) 272 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process(+) 363 rec.
           |   |__polynucleotide 3' dephosphorylation
           |   |__polynucleotide 5' dephosphorylation
           |   |__regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process(+) 1441 rec.
           |__phytochelatin metabolic process
           |   |__phytochelatin biosynthetic process
           |   |__phytochelatin-metal complex formation
           |   |__phytochelatin-metal-sulfur complex formation
           |__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.
           |   |__prosthetic group metabolic process(+) 10 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.
           |   |__regulation of protein metabolic process(+) 347 rec.
           |   |__rhodopsin metabolic process(+) 17 rec.
           |   |__translation(+) 965 rec.
           |__regulation of primary metabolic process 1817 rec.
           |   |__regulation of acetylcholine metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of amino acid metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__regulation of anthocyanin metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of carbohydrate metabolic process(+) 39 rec.
           |   |__regulation of catecholamine metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__regulation of flavonoid biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of lipid metabolic process(+) 54 rec.
           |   |__regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process(+) 1441 rec.
           |   |__regulation of polyamine biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of protein metabolic process(+) 347 rec.
           |   |__regulation of regulatory ncRNA processing(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__regulation of RNA splicing(+) 111 rec.
           |__RNA processing 820 rec.
           |   |__chloroplast RNA processing(+)
           |   |__glycoRNA biosynthetic process 1 rec.
           |   |__lncRNA processing(+)
           |   |__mitochondrial RNA processing(+) 27 rec.
           |   |__mRNA processing(+) 376 rec.
           |   |__regulatory ncRNA processing(+) 50 rec.
           |   |__RNA 3'-end processing(+) 87 rec.
           |   |__RNA 5'-end processing(+) 30 rec.
           |   |__RNA polyadenylation at postsynapse
           |   |__RNA splicing(+) 342 rec.
           |   |__rRNA processing(+) 159 rec.
           |   |__sno(s)RNA processing(+) 10 rec.
           |   |__snRNA processing(+) 33 rec.
           |   |__tRNA processing(+) 106 rec.
           |   |__tRNA-type intron splice site recognition and cleavage 3 rec.
           |__tricarboxylic acid cycle 50 rec.
               |__2-oxoglutarate decarboxylation to succinyl-CoA 7 rec.
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