FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term small molecule metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0044281 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving small molecules, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule.
Also Known As "small molecule metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       1
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 small molecule metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
     involved_in | small molecule metabolic process       1
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   |__metabolic process
       |__small molecule metabolic process  803 rec.
           |__alcohol metabolic process 82 rec.
           |   |__3-hydroxybenzyl alcohol metabolic process
           |   |__alcohol biosynthetic process(+) 45 rec.
           |   |__alcohol catabolic process(+) 6 rec.
           |   |__fatty alcohol metabolic process(+)
           |   |__octopamine metabolic process(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__polyol metabolic process(+) 39 rec.
           |   |__polyprenol metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__primary alcohol metabolic process(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__secondary alcohol metabolic process(+) 27 rec.
           |   |__tertiary alcohol metabolic process(+)
           |__ammonia oxidation
           |   |__aerobic ammonia oxidation to nitrite via pyruvic oxime
           |   |__aerobic respiration, using ammonia as electron donor
           |   |__anaerobic respiration, using ammonium as electron donor
           |__dibenzo-p-dioxin metabolic process
           |   |__dibenzo-p-dioxin catabolic process
           |__dibenzofuran metabolic process
           |   |__dibenzofuran catabolic process
           |__dimethylsilanediol metabolic process
           |   |__octamethylcyclotetrasiloxane catabolic process to dimethylsilanediol
           |__formaldehyde metabolic process 2 rec.
           |   |__formaldehyde assimilation(+)
           |   |__formaldehyde biosynthetic process
           |   |__formaldehyde catabolic process 2 rec.
           |__halogen metabolic process
           |__ketone body metabolic process 5 rec.
           |   |__acetoacetic acid metabolic process(+)
           |   |__ketone body biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__ketone body catabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |__lactam metabolic process
           |   |__cephalosporin C metabolic process(+)
           |   |__creatinine metabolic process(+)
           |   |__lactam biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__lactam catabolic process(+)
           |   |__penicillin metabolic process(+)
           |__monosaccharide metabolic process 108 rec.
           |   |__D-galacturonate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__hexose metabolic process(+) 96 rec.
           |   |__L-ascorbic acid metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__monosaccharide biosynthetic process(+) 36 rec.
           |   |__monosaccharide catabolic process(+) 37 rec.
           |   |__pentose metabolic process(+) 11 rec.
           |   |__tetrose metabolic process(+)
           |__nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process 363 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase metabolic process(+) 25 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing small molecule biosynthetic process(+) 14 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing small molecule catabolic process(+) 13 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing small molecule interconversion(+)
           |   |__nucleoside metabolic process(+) 32 rec.
           |   |__nucleoside phosphate metabolic process(+) 327 rec.
           |__one-carbon metabolic process 13 rec.
           |   |__serine-isocitrate lyase pathway
           |   |__tetrahydrofolate interconversion 5 rec.
           |__organic acid metabolic process 376 rec.
           |   |__alkanesulfonate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__naphthalenesulfonate metabolic process
           |   |__organic acid biosynthetic process(+) 112 rec.
           |   |__organic acid catabolic process(+) 128 rec.
           |   |__organic acid phosphorylation
           |   |__oxoacid metabolic process(+) 373 rec.
           |   |__thiocyanate metabolic process(+)
           |__regulation of small molecule metabolic process 49 rec.
           |   |__negative regulation of small molecule metabolic process(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__positive regulation of small molecule metabolic process(+) 33 rec.
           |   |__regulation of (R)-mevalonic acid biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate metabolic process
           |   |__regulation of acetate catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of aflatoxin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of alcohol biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of alcohol catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of aldosterone metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of arginine biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of arginine catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of bile acid biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of cholesterol metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of citrulline biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of coenzyme A biosynthetic process
           |   |__regulation of cysteine metabolic process
           |   |__regulation of D-xylose catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of emericellamide biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of fatty acid metabolic process(+) 7 rec.
           |   |__regulation of ferulate catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of fucose catabolic process
           |   |__regulation of fumagillin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of fumonisin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of gamma-aminobutyric acid catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of gerfelin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of gibberellin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of glucose metabolic process(+) 19 rec.
           |   |__regulation of glucosinolate biosynthetic process
           |   |__regulation of glutamate metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of glycolytic fermentation to ethanol(+)
           |   |__regulation of glyoxylate cycle(+)
           |   |__regulation of histidine biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of homoserine biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway(+)
           |   |__regulation of ketone biosynthetic process(+) 9 rec.
           |   |__regulation of ketone catabolic process
           |   |__regulation of L-dopa biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of L-glutamine biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of L-leucine biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of L-proline metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of L-tryptophan metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of lysine biosynthetic process via aminoadipic acid(+)
           |   |__regulation of methane biosynthetic process from formic acid(+)
           |   |__regulation of nitrate assimilation
           |   |__regulation of nucleoside metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of nucleotide metabolic process(+) 12 rec.
           |   |__regulation of o-orsellinic acid biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of ornithine metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of penicillin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of penicillin catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of pseurotin A biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of purine nucleobase metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of quinolinate biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of rhamnose catabolic process
           |   |__regulation of salicylic acid metabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of sarcinapterin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of tatiopterin biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of taurine biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glycine and succinyl-CoA(+)
           |   |__regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__regulation of urea catabolic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of vitamin metabolic process(+)
           |__small molecule biosynthetic process 237 rec.
           |   |__alcohol biosynthetic process(+) 45 rec.
           |   |__formaldehyde biosynthetic process
           |   |__hypochlorous acid biosynthetic process
           |   |__ketone biosynthetic process(+) 44 rec.
           |   |__ketone body biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__monosaccharide biosynthetic process(+) 36 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing small molecule biosynthetic process(+) 14 rec.
           |   |__organic acid biosynthetic process(+) 112 rec.
           |   |__urate biosynthetic process
           |   |__vitamin biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
           |__small molecule catabolic process 190 rec.
           |   |__alcohol catabolic process(+) 6 rec.
           |   |__dibenzo-p-dioxin catabolic process
           |   |__formaldehyde catabolic process 2 rec.
           |   |__hypochlorous acid catabolic process
           |   |__ketone body catabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__ketone catabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__monosaccharide catabolic process(+) 37 rec.
           |   |__nucleobase-containing small molecule catabolic process(+) 13 rec.
           |   |__organic acid catabolic process(+) 128 rec.
           |   |__thiocyanate catabolic process
           |   |__urate catabolic process 1 rec.
           |   |__urea catabolic process(+)
           |   |__vitamin catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |__urate metabolic process 1 rec.
           |   |__urate biosynthetic process
           |   |__urate catabolic process 1 rec.
           |__urea metabolic process 2 rec.
           |   |__atrazine catabolic process to urea
           |   |__urea catabolic process(+)
           |   |__urea cycle 2 rec.
           |__vitamin metabolic process 11 rec.
               |__regulation of vitamin metabolic process(+)
               |__vitamin biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
               |__vitamin catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
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