Term Name: sulfur amino acid metabolic process
Synonyms: sulfur amino acid metabolism, sulphur amino acid metabolic process, sulphur amino acid metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving amino acids containing sulfur, comprising cysteine, homocysteine, methionine and selenocysteine.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0000096]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: carboxylic acid metabolic process sulfur compound metabolic process
has subtype: cysteine metabolic process ergothioneine metabolic process homocysteine metabolic process methionine metabolic process sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process sulfur amino acid catabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of sulfur amino acid metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of sulfur amino acid metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of sulfur amino acid metabolic process