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vitamin D metabolic process

id: GO:0042359
name: vitamin D metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving vitamin D, any of a group of related, fat-soluble compounds that are derived from delta-5,7 steroids and play a central role in calcium metabolism. Specific forms of vitamin D include calciferol (ergocalciferol; vitamin D2) and cholecalciferol (calciol; vitamin D3).

Child Functions

id	name
GO:0042368	vitamin D biosynthetic process
GO:0042369	vitamin D catabolic process
GO:0070639	vitamin D2 metabolic process
GO:0070640	vitamin D3 metabolic process
GO:0070641	vitamin D4 metabolic process
GO:0070642	vitamin D5 metabolic process

Parent Functions

id	name
GO:0006775	fat-soluble vitamin metabolic process
GO:0008202	steroid metabolic process