| Name: | liver |
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| Definition: | Solid compound organ with three lobes that has many functions including bile production, blood detoxification, the production of critical plasma proteins and clotting factors, complement proteins and the storage of many substances, such as lipids, amino acids, iron, and glycogen. Female fish produce vitellogenins in the liver. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000123] |
| Name: | amino acid metabolic process |
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| Synonyms: | amino acid and derivative metabolism, cellular amino acid and derivative metabolic process, cellular amino acid metabolic process, cellular amino acid metabolism |
| Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways involving amino acids, carboxylic acids containing one or more amino groups. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0006520] QuickGO AmiGO |