Category:GO:0044036 ! cell wall macromolecule metabolic process

name: cell wall macromolecule metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving macromolecules forming, or destined to form, part of the cell wall. A cell wall is a rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the cell membrane of plant, fungal and most prokaryotic cells, maintaining their shape and protecting them from osmotic lysis." [GOC:jl, GOC:mah]
is_a: GO:0043170 ! macromolecule metabolic process
relationship:part_of: GO:0071554 ! cell wall organization or biogenesis

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 5 child terms, out of 5 total.

• [+] GO:0010382 ! cellular cell wall macromolecule metabolic process (9)
• [+] GO:0010383 ! cell wall polysaccharide metabolic process (9)
• [+] GO:0010981 ! regulation of cell wall macromolecule metabolic process (13)
• [+] GO:0016998 ! cell wall macromolecule catabolic process (7)
• [+] GO:0044037 ! multi-organism cell wall macromolecule metabolic process (6)