FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

guanine metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0046098 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving guanine, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine, a purine that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of a number of phosphorylated guanosine derivatives whose metabolic or regulatory functions are important.

Also Known As

"guanine metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

nucleobase metabolic process__________________
purine-containing compound metabolic process__|
                                              purine nucleobase metabolic process
                                               |__guanine metabolic process  1 rec.
                                                   |__guanine biosynthetic process
                                                   |   |__guanine salvage
                                                   |__guanine catabolic process 1 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	purine nucleobase metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"guanine metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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