FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

carnitine metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0009437 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"carnitine metabolism" ; "vitamin Bt metabolic process" ; "vitamin Bt metabolism"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  modified amino acid metabolic process
   |__amino-acid betaine metabolic process
       |__carnitine metabolic process  12 rec.
           |__carnitine biosynthetic process 8 rec.
           |__carnitine catabolic process
           |__carnitine metabolic process, CoA-linked 3 rec.

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Is a	amino-acid betaine metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"carnitine metabolism" EXACT "vitamin Bt metabolic process" EXACT "vitamin Bt metabolism" EXACT
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