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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of leukotriene, a pharmacologically active substance derived from a polyunsaturated fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways involving an alkene, any cyclic branched or unbranched hydrocarbon having one carbon-carbon double bond and the general formula CnH2n, as carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways involving leukotriene, a pharmacologically active substance derived from a polyunsaturated fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid. The chemical reactions and pathways involving icosanoids, any of a group of C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids. The chemical reactions and pathways by which individual cells transform chemical substances. The chemical reactions and pathways involving an unsaturated fatty acid, any fatty acid containing one or more double bonds between carbon atoms.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: leukotriene metabolic process
Acc: GO:0006691
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways involving leukotriene, a pharmacologically active substance derived from a polyunsaturated fatty acid, such as arachidonic acid.
Synonyms:
  • leukotriene metabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 32 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 58 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006691 - leukotriene metabolic process (interactive image map)
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