| id | GO:0006807 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | nitrogen compound metabolic process |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving organic or inorganic compounds that contain nitrogen, including (but not limited to) nitrogen fixation, nitrification, denitrification, assimilatory/dissimilatory nitrate reduction and the interconversion of nitrogenous organic matter and ammonium." [CHEBI:51143, GOC:go_curators, GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
| comment | Note that amino acid and derivative metabolism should not be annotated here. Instead use the 'amino acid and derivative metabolism' node. |
| subset | goslim_pir |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| synonym | "nitrogen compound metabolism" EXACT [] |
| is_a | GO:0008152 ! metabolic process |