para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process

Term ID

GO:0046482

Synonyms

• 4-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
• 4-aminobenzoic acid metabolism
• p-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process
• p-aminobenzoic acid metabolism
• PABA metabolic process
• PABA metabolism
• para-aminobenzoic acid metabolism
• vitamin Bx metabolic process
• vitamin Bx metabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving para-aminobenzoic acid, an intermediate in the synthesis of folic acid, a compound which some organisms, e.g. prokaryotes, eukaryotic microbes, and plants, can synthesize de novo. Others, notably mammals, cannot. In yeast, it is present as a factor in the B complex of vitamins. (3)

References

Ontology

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