FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

chitin metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006030 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process" ; "beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine metabolism" ; "chitin metabolism"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Gene Groups	Genes
chitin metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| chitin metabolic process	--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

macromolecule metabolic process
 |__aminoglycan metabolic process__________
carbohydrate derivative metabolic process  |
 |__aminoglycan metabolic process__________|
 |__amino sugar metabolic process__________|
                                           chitin metabolic process  28 rec.
                                            |__chitin biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                            |   |__regulation of chitin biosynthetic process
                                            |__chitin catabolic process 19 rec.
                                            |__regulation of chitin metabolic process
                                                |__regulation of chitin biosynthetic process

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Is a	aminoglycan metabolic process amino sugar metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process" EXACT "beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine metabolism" EXACT "chitin metabolism" EXACT
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