FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0046482 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving para-aminobenzoic acid, an intermediate in the synthesis of folic acid, a compound which some organisms, e.g. prokaryotes, eukaryotic microbes, and plants, can synthesize de novo. Others, notably mammals, cannot. In yeast, it is present as a factor in the B complex of vitamins.[ ISBN:0198506732 PubMed:11377864 PubMed:11960743 ]
Also Known As "4-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process" ; "4-aminobenzoic acid metabolism" ; "p-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
  QuickGO data     AmiGO data
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
No relevant records available
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
No relevant records available
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
No relevant statements available
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship:
amino acid metabolic process
 |__aromatic amino acid metabolic process__________
metabolic process                                  |
 |__benzene-containing compound metabolic process__|
carboxylic acid metabolic process                  |
 |__aromatic amino acid metabolic process__________|
 |__monocarboxylic acid metabolic process__________|
                                                   para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
                                                    |__4-aminobenzoate biosynthetic process
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a aromatic amino acid metabolic process
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
benzene-containing compound metabolic process
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
  • "4-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process" EXACT
    "4-aminobenzoic acid metabolism" EXACT
    "p-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process" EXACT
    "p-aminobenzoic acid metabolism" EXACT
    "PABA metabolic process" EXACT
    "PABA metabolism" EXACT
    "para-aminobenzoic acid metabolism" EXACT
    "vitamin Bx metabolic process" EXACT
    "vitamin Bx metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts