FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

ethanol metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006067 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, a colorless, water-miscible, flammable liquid produced by alcoholic fermentation.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"ethanol metabolism"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  alcohol metabolic process
   |__primary alcohol metabolic process
       |__ethanol metabolic process  2 rec.
           |__D-xylose fermentation
           |   |__regulation of xylose catabolic process to ethanol(+)
           |__ethanol biosynthetic process
           |__ethanol catabolic process
           |   |__regulation of ethanol catabolic process(+)
           |__mixed acid fermentation
           |__pyruvate fermentation to ethanol
               |__regulation of glycolytic fermentation to ethanol(+)

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Is a	primary alcohol metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"ethanol metabolism" EXACT
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