| id | GO:0042316 Detailed information
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| name | penicillin metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving any antibiotic that contains the condensed beta-lactamthiazolidine ring system. Penicillins are produced naturally during the growth of various microfungi of the genera Penicillium and Aspergillus." [GOC:jl, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "penicillin metabolism" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006790 ! sulfur compound metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0019752 ! carboxylic acid metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0030653 ! beta-lactam antibiotic metabolic process
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