Category:GO:0033069 ! ansamycin metabolic process

name: ansamycin metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving ansamycins, any of a group of complex macrolactam compounds characterized by a cyclic structure in which an aliphatic ansa chain forms a bridge between two non-adjacent positions of a cyclic p-system; many exhibit antibacterial, antifungal or antitumor activity." [GOC:mah, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crci.2008.07.003]
synonym: "ansamycin metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0016999 ! antibiotic metabolic process
is_a: GO:0030638 ! polyketide metabolic process
is_a: GO:0072338 ! lactam metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0033069</GOterm>
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