Term Name:	bacillithiol metabolic process
Synonyms:	bacillithiol metabolism
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways involving bacillithiol, the alpha-anomeric glycoside of L-cysteinyl-D-glucosamine with L-malic acid. Bacillithiol, produced widely in the Firmicutes and sporadically in other bacterial lineages, is a low-molecular-weight thiol analogous to mycothiol in the Actinomycetes and glutathione in many species.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0071792]    QuickGO    AmiGO