id | GO:0001523   Detailed information |
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  name | retinoid metabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving retinoids, any member of a class of isoprenoids that contain or are derived from four prenyl groups linked head-to-tail. Retinoids include retinol and retinal and structurally similar natural derivatives or synthetic compounds, but need not have vitamin A activity." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  synonym | "retinoid metabolism" EXACT [] |
  xref | Reactome:975634 "Vitamin A uptake in enterocytes" |
  is_a | GO:0016101 ! diterpenoid metabolic process |
  DPGLEAN20225