FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term adenine metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0046083 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving adenine, 6-aminopurine, one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of numerous important derivatives of its corresponding ribonucleoside, adenosine.
Also Known As "adenine metabolism"
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nucleobase metabolic process__________________
purine-containing compound metabolic process__|
                                              purine nucleobase metabolic process
                                               |__adenine metabolic process  2 rec.
                                                   |__adenine biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                                   |   |__adenine salvage 1 rec.
                                                   |   |__regulation of adenine biosynthetic process
                                                   |__adenine catabolic process
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Is a purine nucleobase metabolic process
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