purine base metabolic process
id: GO:0006144
name: purine base metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving purine bases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006145 | purine base catabolic process |
GO:0009113 | purine base biosynthetic process |
GO:0046083 | adenine metabolic process |
GO:0046098 | guanine metabolic process |
GO:0046100 | hypoxanthine metabolic process |
GO:0046110 | xanthine metabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0009112 | nucleobase metabolic process |
GO:0072521 | purine-containing compound metabolic process |