ecdysone metabolic process
id: GO:0008205
name: ecdysone metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving ecdysone, (22R)-2-beta,3-beta,14,22,25-pentahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one, an ecdysteroid found in insects. It is the inactive prohormone of the moulting hormone ecdysterone and may have intrinsic hormonal activity at other stages of insect development.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006697 | ecdysone biosynthetic process |
| GO:0006708 | ecdysone catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0016125 | sterol metabolic process |
| GO:0045455 | ecdysteroid metabolic process |
