melanin metabolic process
id: GO:0006582
name: melanin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving melanins, pigments largely of animal origin. High molecular weight polymers of indole quinone, they are irregular polymeric structures and are divided into three groups: allomelanins in the plant kingdom and eumelanins and phaeomelanins in the animal kingdom.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0035006 | melanization defense response |
| GO:0042438 | melanin biosynthetic process |
| GO:0046150 | melanin catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0019748 | secondary metabolic process |
| GO:0042440 | pigment metabolic process |
