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Accession
GO:0006693
Name
prostaglandin metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
prostaglandin metabolism
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving prostaglandins, any of a group of biologically active metabolites which contain a cyclopentane ring due to the formation of a bond between two carbons of a fatty acid. They have a wide range of biological activities. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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History
See term history for GO:0006693 at QuickGO
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Parents of prostaglandin metabolic process (GO:0006693)
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prostaglandin metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  prostanoid metabolic process (GO:0006692)
prostaglandin metabolic process [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  Eumetazoa (NCBITaxon:6072)
prostaglandin metabolic process [RO:0004007 relation] RO:0004007  prostaglandin carboxylic acid anion (CHEBI:59326)
Children of prostaglandin metabolic process (GO:0006693)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
prostaglandin H2 endoperoxidase reductase activity (GO:0036130) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  prostaglandin metabolic process
prostaglandin D2 11-ketoreductase activity (GO:0036131) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  prostaglandin metabolic process
13-prostaglandin reductase activity (GO:0036132) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  prostaglandin metabolic process
prostaglandin biosynthetic process (GO:0001516) [is_a relation] is_a  prostaglandin metabolic process
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