FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term homocysteine metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0050667 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving homocysteine, the amino acid alpha-amino-gamma-mercaptobutanoic acid. Homocysteine is an important intermediate in the metabolic reactions of its S-methyl derivative, methionine.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "Hcy metabolic process" ; "Hcy metabolism" ; "homocysteine metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 homocysteine metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
     involved_in | homocysteine metabolic process       1
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amino acid metabolic process
 |__non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process__
 |__alpha-amino acid metabolic process______________|
sulfur compound metabolic process                   |
 |__sulfur amino acid metabolic process_____________|
carboxylic acid metabolic process                   |
 |__sulfur amino acid metabolic process_____________|
 |__non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process__|
 |__alpha-amino acid metabolic process______________|
                                                    homocysteine metabolic process  3 rec.
                                                     |__homocysteine biosynthetic process
                                                     |   |__L-homocysteine biosynthetic process
                                                     |__homocysteine catabolic process 1 rec.
                                                     |__transsulfuration 1 rec.
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Is a sulfur amino acid metabolic process
non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process
alpha-amino acid metabolic process
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