| id | GO:0009437 Detailed information
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| name | carnitine metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "carnitine metabolism" EXACT []
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| synonym | "vitamin Bt metabolic process" EXACT []
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| synonym | "vitamin Bt metabolism" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006520 ! cellular amino acid metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0006577 ! betaine metabolic process
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