cytosine metabolic process
id: GO:0019858
name: cytosine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving cytosine, 4-amino-2-hydroxypyrimidine, a pyrimidine derivative that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids; it occurs widely in cytidine derivatives.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006209 | cytosine catabolic process |
| GO:0046089 | cytosine biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006206 | pyrimidine base metabolic process |
