FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026

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General Information

Term

pheromone metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0042810 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving pheromones, a substance that is secreted and released by an organism and detected by a second organism of the same or a closely related species, in which it causes a specific reaction, such as a definite behavioral reaction or a developmental process.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"pheromone metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

metabolic process
 |__secondary metabolic process__
 |__hormone metabolic process____|
regulation of hormone levels     |
 |__hormone metabolic process____|
                                 pheromone metabolic process  9 rec.
                                  |__pheromone biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                  |   |__4-vinylanisole biosynthetic process
                                  |__pheromone catabolic process

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Is a	secondary metabolic process hormone metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"pheromone metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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