FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term RNA metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0016070 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The cellular chemical reactions and pathways involving RNA, ribonucleic acid, one of the two main type of nucleic acid, consisting of a long, unbranched macromolecule formed from ribonucleotides joined in 3',5'-phosphodiester linkage.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As"RNA metabolism"
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nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process__
macromolecule metabolic process___________________|
                                                  nucleic acid metabolic process
                                                   |__RNA metabolic process  2284 rec.
                                                       |__21U-RNA metabolic process
                                                       |   |__21U-RNA catabolic process
                                                       |__antisense RNA metabolic process 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__antisense RNA transcript catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__antisense RNA transcription(+)
                                                       |__miRNA metabolic process 13 rec.
                                                       |   |__miRNA catabolic process(+) 9 rec.
                                                       |   |__miRNA transcription(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of miRNA metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                                       |__mitochondrial RNA metabolic process 50 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial mRNA processing(+) 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial RNA catabolic process(+) 8 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial RNA modification(+) 14 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial RNA processing(+) 28 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial transcription(+) 10 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial tRNA processing(+) 17 rec.
                                                       |   |__termination of mitochondrial transcription 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__transcription elongation by mitochondrial RNA polymerase 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__transcription initiation at mitochondrial promoter 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__tRNA aminoacylation for mitochondrial protein translation(+) 6 rec.
                                                       |__mRNA metabolic process 526 rec.
                                                       |   |__cytosolic mRNA polyadenylation 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__histone mRNA metabolic process(+) 15 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA catabolic process(+) 146 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA methylguanosine-cap decapping(+) 10 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA modification(+) 12 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA processing(+) 380 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA transcription(+) 8 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of mRNA metabolic process(+) 198 rec.
                                                       |__regulation of RNA metabolic process 1364 rec.
                                                       |   |__negative regulation of RNA metabolic process(+) 340 rec.
                                                       |   |__positive regulation of RNA metabolic process(+) 530 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of miRNA metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of mitochondrial RNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of mRNA metabolic process(+) 198 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of ribonuclease activity(+)
                                                       |   |__regulation of RNA biosynthetic process(+) 1178 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of RNA stability(+) 95 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of rRNA catabolic process(+)
                                                       |   |__regulation of rRNA processing(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of snoRNA metabolic process(+)
                                                       |   |__regulation of snRNA pseudouridine synthesis(+)
                                                       |   |__regulation of tRNA metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                                       |__RNA biosynthetic process 2130 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA replication, synthesis of primer 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA-templated transcription(+) 1336 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA-templated transcription elongation(+) 67 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA-templated transcription initiation(+) 131 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA-templated transcription termination(+) 15 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA-templated transcriptional start site selection(+) 9 rec.
                                                       |   |__maintenance of transcriptional fidelity during transcription elongation(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__promoter clearance during DNA-templated transcription(+) 7 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of RNA biosynthetic process(+) 1178 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA processing(+) 845 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA-templated transcription(+)
                                                       |   |__transcription pausing by RNA polymerase II 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__viral RNA genome replication(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |__RNA catabolic process 194 rec.
                                                       |   |__21U-RNA catabolic process
                                                       |   |__CUT catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
                                                       |   |__DNA replication, removal of RNA primer(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__lncRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__miRNA catabolic process(+) 9 rec.
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial RNA catabolic process(+) 8 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA catabolic process(+) 146 rec.
                                                       |   |__polyadenylation-dependent RNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__pre-mRNA catabolic process 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of RNA stability(+) 95 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA fragment catabolic process
                                                       |   |__RNA surveillance(+) 40 rec.
                                                       |   |__rRNA catabolic process(+) 7 rec.
                                                       |   |__siRNA catabolic process
                                                       |   |__sno(s)RNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__snRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__tRNA decay(+) 9 rec.
                                                       |__RNA decapping 13 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA methylguanosine-cap decapping(+) 10 rec.
                                                       |   |__NAD-cap decapping 2 rec.
                                                       |__RNA exon ligation
                                                       |   |__tRNA exon ligation
                                                       |__RNA modification 120 rec.
                                                       |   |__base conversion or substitution editing(+) 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__chloroplast RNA modification(+)
                                                       |   |__mitochondrial RNA modification(+) 14 rec.
                                                       |   |__mRNA modification(+) 12 rec.
                                                       |   |__oxidative RNA demethylation 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__pseudouridine synthesis(+) 16 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA acetylation(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA methylation(+) 54 rec.
                                                       |   |__RNA nucleotide deletion(+)
                                                       |   |__RNA nucleotide insertion(+)
                                                       |   |__rRNA modification(+) 31 rec.
                                                       |   |__snRNA modification(+) 9 rec.
                                                       |   |__tRNA modification(+) 73 rec.
                                                       |__RNA repair
                                                       |__RNA replication
                                                       |__rRNA metabolic process 203 rec.
                                                       |   |__rRNA catabolic process(+) 7 rec.
                                                       |   |__rRNA processing(+) 183 rec.
                                                       |   |__rRNA transcription(+) 15 rec.
                                                       |__sno(s)RNA metabolic process 13 rec.
                                                       |   |__box C/D sno(s)RNA metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                                       |   |__box H/ACA sno(s)RNA metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |   |__regulation of snoRNA metabolic process(+)
                                                       |   |__sno(s)RNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__sno(s)RNA processing(+) 11 rec.
                                                       |   |__sno(s)RNA transcription(+) 1 rec.
                                                       |__snRNA metabolic process 46 rec.
                                                       |   |__snRNA catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
                                                       |   |__snRNA processing(+) 35 rec.
                                                       |   |__snRNA transcription(+) 10 rec.
                                                       |__tRNA metabolic process 173 rec.
                                                           |__aminoacyl-tRNA metabolism involved in translational fidelity
                                                           |__regulation of tRNA metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                                           |__tRNA aminoacylation(+) 47 rec.
                                                           |__tRNA decay(+) 9 rec.
                                                           |__tRNA end turnover
                                                           |__tRNA processing(+) 106 rec.
                                                           |__tRNA transcription(+) 13 rec.
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Reactome:R-HSA-8953854 "Metabolism of RNA"