| id | GO:0008205 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | ecdysone metabolic process |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving ecdysone, (22R)-2-beta,3-beta,14,22,25-pentahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one, an ecdysteroid found in insects. It is the inactive prohormone of the moulting hormone ecdysterone and may have intrinsic hormonal activity at other stages of insect development." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
| synonym | "ecdysone metabolism" EXACT [] |
| is_a | GO:0016125 ! sterol metabolic process |
| is_a | GO:0045455 ! ecdysteroid metabolic process |