Category:GO:0006582 ! melanin metabolic process

id: GO:0006582

name: melanin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving melanins, pigments largely of animal origin. High molecular weight polymers of indole quinone, they are irregular polymeric structures and are divided into three groups: allomelanins in the plant kingdom and eumelanins and phaeomelanins in the animal kingdom." [GOC:go_curators]
synonym: "melanin metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0018958 ! phenol-containing compound metabolic process
is_a: GO:0019748 ! secondary metabolic process
is_a: GO:0042440 ! pigment metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0006582</GOterm>
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