FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term nucleobase metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009112 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving a nucleobase, a nitrogenous base that is a constituent of a nucleic acid, e.g. the purines: adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, xanthine and the pyrimidines: cytosine, uracil, thymine.
Also Known As "nucleobase metabolism"
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nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process__
small molecule metabolic process__________________|
                                                  nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process
                                                   |__nucleobase metabolic process  25 rec.
                                                       |__nucleobase biosynthetic process 15 rec.
                                                       |   |__purine nucleobase biosynthetic process(+) 5 rec.
                                                       |   |__pyrimidine nucleobase biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
                                                       |__nucleobase catabolic process 9 rec.
                                                       |   |__purine nucleobase catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
                                                       |   |__pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process(+) 5 rec.
                                                       |__purine nucleobase metabolic process 13 rec.
                                                       |   |__adenine metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__guanine metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__hypoxanthine metabolic process(+)
                                                       |   |__purine nucleobase biosynthetic process(+) 5 rec.
                                                       |   |__purine nucleobase catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
                                                       |   |__xanthine metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |__pyrimidine nucleobase metabolic process 13 rec.
                                                           |__cytosine metabolic process(+)
                                                           |__pyrimidine nucleobase biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
                                                           |__pyrimidine nucleobase catabolic process(+) 5 rec.
                                                           |__thymine metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                           |__uracil metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
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