ansamycin metabolic process
id: GO:0033069
name: ansamycin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving ansamycins, any of a group of complex macrolactam compounds characterized by a cyclic structure in which an aliphatic ansa chain forms a bridge between two non-adjacent positions of a cyclic p-system; many exhibit antibacterial, antifungal or antitumor activity.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0033070 | ansamycin biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0016999 | antibiotic metabolic process |
| GO:0030638 | polyketide metabolic process |
| GO:0034311 | diol metabolic process |
