AmiGO 2: Term Details for "formaldehyde metabolic process" (GO:0046292)

Accession: GO:0046292
Name: formaldehyde metabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: formaldehyde metabolism, methanal metabolic process, methanal metabolism
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving formaldehyde (methanal, H2C=O), a colorless liquid or gas with a pungent odor, commonly used as a fixative or an antibacterial agent. Source: GOC:ai
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0046292 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to formaldehyde metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to formaldehyde metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for formaldehyde metabolic process (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
formaldehyde metabolic process	is_a	small molecule metabolic process (GO:0044281)
formaldehyde metabolic process	is_a	aldehyde metabolic process (GO:0006081)
formaldehyde metabolic process	RO:0004007	formaldehyde (CHEBI:16842)

subject	relation	object
formaldehyde catabolic process (GO:0046294)	is_a	formaldehyde metabolic process
formaldehyde assimilation (GO:0019649)	is_a	formaldehyde metabolic process
formaldehyde biosynthetic process (GO:0046293)	is_a	formaldehyde metabolic process

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