OBSOLETE. The covalent or conformational alteration of ecdysone, resulting in a change in its properties.
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GOC:jl
Comment
This term was made obsolete because it was created to cover the conversion of ecdysone to its active form ecdysterone (20-hydroxyecdysone), but this reaction is carried out in a single step by ecdysone 20-monooxygenase (EC:1.14.99.22) and so is a function rather than a process.