respiratory burst involved in defense response

id: GO:0002679
name: respiratory burst involved in defense response
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A phase of elevated metabolic activity, during which oxygen consumption increases made as part of a defense response ; this leads to the production, by an NADH dependent system, of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), superoxide anions and hydroxyl radicals.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0002536respiratory burst involved in inflammatory response
GO:0045728respiratory burst after phagocytosis

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0002252immune effector process
GO:0045730respiratory burst