vitamin metabolic process
id: GO:0006766
name: vitamin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving vitamins. Vitamin is a general term for a number of unrelated organic substances that occur in many foods in small amounts and that are necessary in trace amounts for the normal metabolic functioning of the body. Vitamins may be water-soluble or fat-soluble and usually serve as components of coenzyme systems.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006767 | water-soluble vitamin metabolic process |
| GO:0006775 | fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process |
| GO:0009110 | vitamin biosynthetic process |
| GO:0009111 | vitamin catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0044281 | small molecule metabolic process |
