FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

L-leucine metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006551 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving L-leucine, 2-amino-4-methylpentanoic acid.

Also Known As

"L-leucine metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

amino acid metabolic process
 |__branched-chain amino acid metabolic process__
 |__proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process___|
carboxylic acid metabolic process                |
 |__branched-chain amino acid metabolic process__|
 |__proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process___|
                                                 L-leucine metabolic process  12 rec.
                                                  |__L-leucine biosynthetic process
                                                  |   |__regulation of L-leucine biosynthetic process(+)
                                                  |__L-leucine catabolic process 12 rec.

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Is a	branched-chain amino acid metabolic process proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"L-leucine metabolism" EXACT "leucine metabolic process" BROAD
Secondary IDs

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