| id | GO:0032963 Detailed information
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| name | collagen metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving collagen, any of a group of fibrous proteins of very high tensile strength that form the main component of connective tissue in animals. Collagen is highly enriched in glycine (some regions are 33% glycine) and proline, occurring predominantly as 3-hydroxyproline (about 20%)." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| synonym | "collagen metabolism" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0044259 ! multicellular organismal macromolecule metabolic process
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