chitin metabolic process

id: GO:0006030
name: chitin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of P-1,4-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006031chitin biosynthetic process
GO:0006032chitin catabolic process
GO:0006034cuticle chitin metabolic process
GO:0006037cell wall chitin metabolic process

Parent Functions

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GO:0006022aminoglycan metabolic process