AmiGO 2: Term Details for "silicate metabolic process" (GO:0051206)

Accession: GO:0051206
Name: silicate metabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: silicate metabolism
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving silicates, the salts of silicic acids. Silicates are usually composed of silicon and oxygen (Si[x]O[y]), one or more metals, and possibly hydrogen. Types of silicate include unisilicates, metasilicates and hydrous silicates. Source: GOC:ai
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0051206 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to silicate metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to silicate metabolic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for silicate metabolic process (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
silicate metabolic process	RO:0004007	silicic acid (CHEBI:26675)
silicate metabolic process	is_a	oxoacid metabolic process (GO:0043436)

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