FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

ornithine metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006591 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving ornithine, an amino acid only rarely found in proteins, but which is important in living organisms as an intermediate in the reactions of the urea cycle and in arginine biosynthesis.[ ISBN:0192801023 ]

Also Known As

"ornithine metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

amino acid metabolic process_______
carboxylic acid metabolic process__|
                                   non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process
                                    |__ornithine metabolic process  1 rec.
                                        |__L-ornithine biosynthetic process
                                        |__L-ornithine catabolic process
                                            |__regulation of ornithine catabolic process(+)

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Relationships
Is a	non-proteinogenic amino acid metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"ornithine metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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