The chemical reactions and pathways involving small molecules, any low molecular weight, monomeric, non-encoded molecule. [ GOC:pde GOC:curators GOC:vw ]
Synonyms: small molecule metabolism
Term information
goslim_chembl, goslim_generic, goslim_metagenomics, goslim_flybase_ribbon
Small molecules in GO include monosaccharides but exclude disaccharides and polysaccharides.