id | GO:0042574   Detailed information |
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  name | retinal metabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving retinal, a compound that plays an important role in the visual process in most vertebrates. In the retina, retinal combines with opsins to form visual pigments. Retinal is one of the forms of vitamin A." [CHEBI:15035, GOC:curators, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  synonym | "retinal metabolism" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "retinaldehyde metabolic process" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "retinaldehyde metabolism" EXACT [] |
  is_a | GO:0001523 ! retinoid metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0006081 ! cellular aldehyde metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0006776 ! vitamin A metabolic process |
  is_a | GO:0043288 ! apocarotenoid metabolic process |
  DPGLEAN03107
  DPGLEAN04987
  DPGLEAN09406
  DPGLEAN09414
  DPGLEAN09501
  DPGLEAN14506
  DPGLEAN18770
  DPGLEAN20021
  DPGLEAN22010