norepinephrine metabolic process
id: GO:0042415
name: norepinephrine metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving norepinephrine, a hormone secreted by the adrenal medulla, and a neurotransmitter in the sympathetic peripheral nervous system and in some tracts in the central nervous system. It is also the demethylated biosynthetic precursor of epinephrine.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0042421 | norepinephrine biosynthetic process |
GO:0042422 | norepinephrine catabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006584 | catecholamine metabolic process |