Category:GO:0009116 ! nucleoside metabolic process

name: nucleoside metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving a nucleoside, a nucleobase linked to either beta-D-ribofuranose (a ribonucleoside) or 2-deoxy-beta-D-ribofuranose, (a deoxyribonucleoside), e.g. adenosine, guanosine, inosine, cytidine, uridine and deoxyadenosine, deoxyguanosine, deoxycytidine and thymidine (= deoxythymidine)." [GOC:ma]
subset: goslim_pir
synonym: "nucleoside metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0055086 ! nucleobase-containing small molecule metabolic process
is_a: GO:1901564 ! organonitrogen compound metabolic process
is_a: GO:1901657 ! glycosyl compound metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0009116</GOterm>
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