FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

carotenoid metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0016116 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]

Also Known As

"carotenoid metabolism"

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  isoprenoid metabolic process
   |__terpenoid metabolic process
       |__carotenoid metabolic process  1 rec.
           |__beta-carotene metabolic process
           |   |__beta-carotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__beta-carotene catabolic process
           |__carotenoid biosynthetic process
           |   |__alpha-carotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__alpha-zeacarotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__beta-carotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__beta-zeacarotene biosynthetic process
           |   |__xanthophyll biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__zeaxanthin bis(beta-D-glucoside) biosynthetic process
           |__carotenoid catabolic process
           |   |__alpha-zeacarotene catabolic process
           |   |__beta-carotene catabolic process
           |   |__beta-zeacarotene catabolic process
           |   |__xanthophyll catabolic process(+)
           |__xanthophyll metabolic process
               |__xanthophyll biosynthetic process(+)
               |__xanthophyll catabolic process(+)
               |__xanthophyll cycle

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Is a	terpenoid metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"carotenoid metabolism" EXACT
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