macromolecule metabolic process

Term ID

GO:0043170

Synonyms

• biopolymer metabolic process
• macromolecule metabolism
• multicellular organismal macromolecule metabolic process
• organismal macromolecule metabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving macromolecules, any molecule of high relative molecular mass, the structure of which essentially comprises the multiple repetition of units derived, actually or conceptually, from molecules of low relative molecular mass.

References

Ontology

GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO