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The chemical reactions and pathways involving tetraterpenoid compounds, terpenoids with eight isoprene units. The chemical reactions and pathways involving carotenes, hydrocarbon carotenoids. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail. The chemical reactions and pathways involving xanthophylls, oxygen-containing carotenoids. The chemical reactions and pathways involving terpenoids, any member of a class of compounds characterized by an isoprenoid chemical structure and including derivatives with various functional groups. The chemical reactions and pathways involving carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: carotenoid metabolic process
Acc: GO:0016116
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways involving carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.
Synonyms:
  • carotenoid metabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 3 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 41 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0016116 - carotenoid metabolic process (interactive image map)
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