guanine metabolic process
id: GO:0046098
name: guanine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving guanine, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine, a purine that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of a number of phosphorylated guanosine derivatives whose metabolic or regulatory functions are important.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006147 | guanine catabolic process |
| GO:0006202 | GMP catabolic process to guanine |
| GO:0046099 | guanine biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006144 | purine base metabolic process |
