OBO ID: GO:0030638 |
Term Name: | polyketide metabolic process | Search Ontology: | |
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Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways involving polyketides, any of a diverse group of natural products synthesized via linear poly-beta-ketones, which are themselves formed by repetitive head-to-tail addition of acetyl (or substituted acetyl) units indirectly derived from acetate (or a substituted acetate) by a mechanism similar to that for fatty acid biosynthesis but without the intermediate reductive steps. 0198506732 | ||
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Ontology: | GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO |
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