nitrate assimilation
id: GO:0042128
name: nitrate assimilation
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The nitrogen metabolic process that encompasses the uptake of nitrate from the environment and reduction to ammonia, and results in the incorporation of nitrogen derived from nitrate into cellular substances.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0042126 | nitrate metabolic process |
GO:0071941 | nitrogen cycle metabolic process |