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Accession
GO:0046482
Name
para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
4-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process, 4-aminobenzoic acid metabolism, PABA metabolic process, PABA metabolism, p-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process, p-aminobenzoic acid metabolism, para-aminobenzoic acid metabolism, vitamin Bx metabolic process, vitamin Bx metabolism
Alternate IDs
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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. Source: ISBN:0198506732, PMID:11377864, PMID:11960743
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046482 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process (GO:0046482)
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para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  benzene-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0042537)
para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  aromatic amino acid metabolic process (GO:0009072)
para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid metabolic process (GO:0032787)
Children of para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process (GO:0046482)
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para-aminobenzoic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0008153) [is_a relation] is_a  para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
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