Term Name: aromatic amino acid metabolic process
Synonyms: aromatic amino acid family metabolic process, aromatic amino acid family metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving aromatic amino acid family, amino acids with aromatic ring (phenylalanine, tyrosine, tryptophan).
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009072]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: amino acid metabolic process carboxylic acid metabolic process
has subtype: anthranilate metabolic process aromatic amino acid family biosynthetic process aromatic amino acid family catabolic process D-tyrosine metabolic process L-dopa metabolic process L-histidine metabolic process L-phenylalanine metabolic process L-tryptophan metabolic process nicotinate nucleotide biosynthetic process from tryptophan para-aminobenzoic acid metabolic process serotonin biosynthetic process from tryptophan tyrosine metabolic process