Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
- Term ID
- GO:0046482
- Synonyms
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- 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)
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes