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GO: Biological Process

para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process

Term ID
GO:0046482
Synonyms
  • 4-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
  • 4-aminobenzoic acid metabolism
  • p-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
  • p-aminobenzoic acid metabolism
  • PABA metabolic process
  • PABA metabolism
  • para-aminobenzoic acid metabolism
  • vitamin Bx metabolic process
  • vitamin Bx metabolism
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving para-aminobenzoic acid, an intermediate in the synthesis of folic acid, a compound which some organisms, e.g. prokaryotes, eukaryotic microbes, and plants, can synthesize de novo. Others, notably mammals, cannot. In yeast, it is present as a factor in the B complex of vitamins. (3)
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