beta-alanine metabolic process
id: GO:0019482
name: beta-alanine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constituent of proteins.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0019483 | beta-alanine biosynthetic process |
| GO:0019484 | beta-alanine catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006520 | cellular amino acid metabolic process |
