Term Name: sulfur compound metabolic process
Synonyms: sulfur metabolism, sulphur metabolic process, sulphur metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006790]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: metabolic process
has subtype: 2-aminobenzenesulfonate metabolic process 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate metabolic process 4-carboxy-4'-sulfoazobenzene metabolic process 6-sulfoquinovose(1-) metabolic process alkanesulfonate metabolic process bacillithiol metabolic process biotin metabolic process camalexin metabolic process cephalosporin metabolic process cephamycin C metabolic process chondroitin sulfate metabolic process coenzyme A metabolic process coenzyme M metabolic process cyclohexylsulfamate metabolic process dermatan sulfate metabolic process dibenzothiophene metabolic process dihydrolipoamide metabolic process dimethyl sulfoxide metabolic process disproportionation of elemental sulfur dodecyl sulfate metabolic process epothilone metabolic process gliotoxin metabolic process glutathione derivative metabolic process glutathione metabolic process heparin metabolic process hydrogen sulfide metabolic process keratan sulfate metabolic process leukotriene D4 metabolic process lipoamide metabolic process lipoate metabolic process methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid methane biosynthetic process from dimethyl sulfide methane biosynthetic process from methanethiol mycothiol metabolic process naphthalenesulfonate metabolic process parathion metabolic process penicillin metabolic process polythionate oxidation pyochelin metabolic process S-adenosylhomocysteine metabolic process S-adenosylmethioninamine metabolic process S-adenosylmethionine metabolic process S-glycoside metabolic process S-methylmethionine metabolic process sulfate assimilation sulfation sulfide oxidation sulfolipid metabolic process sulfur amino acid metabolic process sulfur compound biosynthetic process sulfur compound catabolic process sulfur oxidation thiamine-containing compound metabolic process thiazole metabolic process thiocyanate metabolic process thioester metabolic process toluene-4-sulfonate metabolic process
inverse has_part: sulfur utilization
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of sulfur metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of sulfur metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of sulfur metabolic process