FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term carnitine metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009437 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "carnitine metabolism" ; "vitamin Bt metabolic process" ; "vitamin Bt metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 carnitine metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
     involved_in | carnitine metabolic process       1
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  modified amino acid metabolic process
   |__amino-acid betaine metabolic process
       |__carnitine metabolic process  9 rec.
           |__carnitine biosynthetic process 5 rec.
           |__carnitine catabolic process
           |__carnitine metabolic process, CoA-linked 3 rec.
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Is a amino-acid betaine metabolic process
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    "vitamin Bt metabolic process" EXACT
    "vitamin Bt metabolism" EXACT
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