catecholamine metabolic process

id: GO:0006584
name: catecholamine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving any of a group of physiologically important biogenic amines that possess a catechol (3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) nucleus and are derivatives of 3,4-dihydroxyphenylethylamine.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0042414epinephrine metabolic process
GO:0042415norepinephrine metabolic process
GO:0042417dopamine metabolic process
GO:0042423catecholamine biosynthetic process
GO:0042424catecholamine catabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006576cellular biogenic amine metabolic process
GO:0009712catechol-containing compound metabolic process