Term Name: alpha-amino acid metabolic process
Synonyms: alpha-amino acid metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving an alpha-amino acid.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:1901605]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: amino acid metabolic process carboxylic acid metabolic process
has subtype: 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate metabolic process 4-hydroxyproline metabolic process alanine metabolic process alpha-amino acid biosynthetic process alpha-amino acid catabolic process arginine metabolic process citrulline metabolic process cysteine metabolic process D-amino acid metabolic process homocysteine metabolic process isoleucine metabolic process kynurenine metabolic process L-amino acid metabolic process lysine metabolic process nicotinate nucleotide biosynthetic process from tryptophan ornithine metabolic process sarcosine metabolic process serine family amino acid metabolic process serotonin biosynthetic process from tryptophan valine metabolic process