id | GO:0034308   Detailed information
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  name | primary alcohol metabolic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving primary alcohols. A primary alcohol is any alcohol in which a hydroxy group, -OH, is attached to a saturated carbon atom which has either three hydrogen atoms attached to it or only one other carbon atom and two hydrogen atoms attached to it." [CHEBI:15734, GOC:mah]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  synonym | "monohydric alcohol metabolic process" EXACT [GOC:curators]
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  synonym | "primary alcohol metabolism" EXACT [GOC:mah]
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  is_a | GO:0006066 ! alcohol metabolic process
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