FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025

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Term	ommochrome metabolic process	ID (Ontology)	GO:0046152 (Gene Ontology)
Definition	The chemical reactions and pathways involving ommochromes, any of a large group of natural polycyclic pigments commonly found in the Arthropoda, particularly in the ommatidia of the compound eye.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As	"ommochrome metabolism"
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secondary metabolic process
 |__ocellus pigment metabolic process_____________________________
pigment metabolic process involved in developmental pigmentation  |
 |__eye pigment metabolic process_________________________________|
pigment metabolic process involved in pigmentation                |
 |__ocellus pigment metabolic process_____________________________|
                                                                  ommochrome metabolic process  12 rec.
                                                                   |__ommochrome biosynthetic process 12 rec.
                                                                   |__ommochrome catabolic process

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Is a	eye pigment metabolic process ocellus pigment metabolic process
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	"ommochrome metabolism" EXACT
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