citrate metabolic process

id: GO:0006101
name: citrate metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving citrate, 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboyxlate. Citrate is widely distributed in nature and is an important intermediate in the TCA cycle and the glyoxylate cycle.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0072350tricarboxylic acid metabolic process