Term Name: cysteine metabolic process
Synonyms: cysteine metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving cysteine, 2-amino-3-mercaptopropanoic acid.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006534]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: alpha-amino acid metabolic process sulfur amino acid metabolic process
has subtype: asparagine biosynthetic process from cysteine cysteine biosynthetic process cysteine catabolic process D-cysteine metabolic process L-cysteine metabolic process transsulfuration
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of cysteine metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of cysteine metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of cysteine metabolic process