The chemical reactions and pathways, including anabolism and catabolism, by which living organisms transform chemical substances. Metabolic processes typically transform small molecules, but also include macromolecular processes such as DNA repair and replication, and protein synthesis and degradation. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198547684 GOC:go_curators ]
Synonyms: metabolism
Term information
goslim_chembl, gocheck_do_not_annotate, goslim_metagenomics, goslim_pir, goslim_prokaryote_ribbon, goslim_euk_cellular_processes_ribbon, goslim_plant
Note that metabolic processes do not include single functions or processes such as protein-protein interactions, protein-nucleic acids, nor receptor-ligand interactions.
multicellular organism metabolic process
metabolic process resulting in cell growth
metabolism resulting in cell growth