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GO term:cellular ketone body metabolic process
Synonym: ketone body metabolism
GO id:GO:0046950
Definition:The chemical reactions and pathways involving ketone bodies, any one of the three substances: acetoacetate, D-3-hydroxybutyrate (beta-hydroxybutyrate) or acetone, as carried out by individual cells. Although 3-hydroxybutyrate is not a ketone, it is classed as a ketone body because it exists in an equilibrium with acetoacetate. Ketone bodies may accumulate in excessive amounts in the body in starvation, diabetes mellitus or in other defects of carbohydrate metabolism.
Number of paths to term: 3

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part-ofdenotes a 'part-of' relationship
regulatesdenotes a 'regulates' relationship
positively-regulatesdenotes a 'positively-regulates' relationship
negatively-regulatesdenotes a 'negatively-regulates' relationship


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-acellular process
                        is-acellular metabolic process
                                is-aauxin metabolic process +
                                is-abioluminescence
                                is-acellular alcohol metabolic process +
                                is-acellular aldehyde metabolic process +
                                is-acellular alkane metabolic process +
                                is-acellular alkene metabolic process +
                                is-acellular alkyne metabolic process +
                                is-acellular aromatic compound metabolic process +
                                is-acellular biosynthetic process +
                                is-acellular carbohydrate metabolic process +
                                is-acellular catabolic process +
                                is-acellular hormone metabolic process +
                                is-acellular ketone body metabolic process [GO:0046950] (6 genes, 9 annotations)
                                        is-aketone body biosynthetic process
                                        is-aketone body catabolic process
                                is-acellular ketone metabolic process +
                                is-acellular lipid metabolic process +
                                is-acellular macromolecule metabolic process +
                                is-acellular nitrogen compound metabolic process +
                                is-acellular organohalogen metabolic process +
                                is-acofactor metabolic process +
                                is-adrug metabolic process +
                                is-ageneration of precursor metabolites and energy +
                                is-aheterocycle metabolic process +
                                is-ahydroperoxide metabolic process
                                is-amucilage metabolic process +
                                negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of cellular metabolic process +
                                is-aneurotransmitter metabolic process +
                                is-aone-carbon metabolic process +
                                is-aorganic acid metabolic process +
                                is-aorganometal metabolic process +
                                is-aoxygen metabolic process +
                                is-apheromone metabolic process +
                                is-aphosphorus metabolic process +
                                is-aphotosynthesis +
                                is-aphytoalexin metabolic process +
                                positively-regulatespositive regulation of cellular metabolic process +
                                is-aprenylation +
                                is-areactive oxygen species metabolic process +
                                regulatesregulation of cellular metabolic process +
                                is-aselenium compound metabolic process +
                                is-asulfur compound metabolic process +
                                is-athioester metabolic process +
                                is-atoxin metabolic process +
                                is-axenobiotic metabolic process +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-ametabolic process
                        is-acellular metabolic process
                                is-aauxin metabolic process +
                                is-abioluminescence
                                is-acellular alcohol metabolic process +
                                is-acellular aldehyde metabolic process +
                                is-acellular alkane metabolic process +
                                is-acellular alkene metabolic process +
                                is-acellular alkyne metabolic process +
                                is-acellular aromatic compound metabolic process +
                                is-acellular biosynthetic process +
                                is-acellular carbohydrate metabolic process +
                                is-acellular catabolic process +
                                is-acellular hormone metabolic process +
                                is-acellular ketone body metabolic process [GO:0046950] (6 genes, 9 annotations)
                                        is-aketone body biosynthetic process
                                        is-aketone body catabolic process
                                is-acellular ketone metabolic process +
                                is-acellular lipid metabolic process +
                                is-acellular macromolecule metabolic process +
                                is-acellular nitrogen compound metabolic process +
                                is-acellular organohalogen metabolic process +
                                is-acofactor metabolic process +
                                is-adrug metabolic process +
                                is-ageneration of precursor metabolites and energy +
                                is-aheterocycle metabolic process +
                                is-ahydroperoxide metabolic process
                                is-amucilage metabolic process +
                                negatively-regulatesnegative regulation of cellular metabolic process +
                                is-aneurotransmitter metabolic process +
                                is-aone-carbon metabolic process +
                                is-aorganic acid metabolic process +
                                is-aorganometal metabolic process +
                                is-aoxygen metabolic process +
                                is-apheromone metabolic process +
                                is-aphosphorus metabolic process +
                                is-aphotosynthesis +
                                is-aphytoalexin metabolic process +
                                positively-regulatespositive regulation of cellular metabolic process +
                                is-aprenylation +
                                is-areactive oxygen species metabolic process +
                                regulatesregulation of cellular metabolic process +
                                is-aselenium compound metabolic process +
                                is-asulfur compound metabolic process +
                                is-athioester metabolic process +
                                is-atoxin metabolic process +
                                is-axenobiotic metabolic process +


Gene_Ontology
        is-abiological_process
                is-ametabolic process
                        is-asingle-organism metabolic process
                                is-asmall molecule metabolic process
                                        is-aalcohol metabolic process +
                                        is-aammonia oxidation +
                                        is-acellular ketone body metabolic process [GO:0046950] (6 genes, 9 annotations)
                                                is-aketone body biosynthetic process
                                                is-aketone body catabolic process
                                        is-acellular ketone metabolic process +
                                        is-acellular lactam metabolic process +
                                        is-adibenzo-p-dioxin metabolic process +
                                        is-adibenzofuran metabolic process +
                                        is-adimethylsilanediol metabolic process +
                                        is-adiol metabolic process +
                                        is-aEntner-Doudoroff pathway
                                        is-aether metabolic process +
                                        is-aformaldehyde metabolic process +
                                        is-ahalogen metabolic process +
                                        is-anucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process +
                                        is-aone-carbon metabolic process +
                                        is-aorganic acid metabolic process +
                                        is-asmall molecule biosynthetic process +
                                        is-asmall molecule catabolic process +
                                        is-aurea metabolic process +
                                        is-avitamin metabolic process +


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