FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

aromatic amino acid metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0009072 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving aromatic amino acid family, amino acids with aromatic ring (phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan).

Also Known As

"aromatic amino acid family metabolic process" ; "aromatic amino acid family metabolism"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

oxoacid metabolic process
 |__carboxylic acid metabolic process__
primary metabolic process              |
 |__amino acid metabolic process_______|
                                       aromatic amino acid metabolic process  19 rec.
                                        |__'de novo' NAD+ biosynthetic process from L-tryptophan 1 rec.
                                        |   |__regulation of 'de novo' NAD biosynthetic process from L-tryptophan(+)
                                        |__aromatic amino acid biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                        |   |__4-aminobenzoate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-histidine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__L-phenylalanine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-tryptophan biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-tyrosine biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                        |__aromatic amino acid catabolic process 16 rec.
                                        |   |__anthranilate catabolic process
                                        |   |__L-dopa catabolic process
                                        |   |__L-histidine catabolic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__L-phenylalanine catabolic process 7 rec.
                                        |   |__L-tryptophan catabolic process 7 rec.
                                        |   |__L-tyrosine catabolic process 7 rec.
                                        |__psilocybin biosynthetic process

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Is a	amino acid metabolic process carboxylic acid metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"aromatic amino acid family metabolic process" EXACT "aromatic amino acid family metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Reactome:R-HSA-8963691 "Phenylalanine and tyrosine metabolism"