id | GO:0009112   Detailed information
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  name | nucleobase metabolic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving a nucleobase, a nitrogenous base that is a constituent of a nucleic acid, e.g. the purines: adenine, guanine, hypoxanthine, xanthine and the pyrimidines: cytosine, uracil, thymine." [GOC:ma]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  synonym | "nucleobase metabolism" EXACT []
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  is_a | GO:0006725 ! cellular aromatic compound metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0046483 ! heterocycle metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0055086 ! nucleobase, nucleoside and nucleotide metabolic process
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