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Category:GO:0042574 ! retinal metabolic process
name: retinal metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving retinal, a compound that plays an important role in the visual process in most vertebrates. In the retina, retinal combines with opsins to form visual pigments. Retinal is one of the forms of vitamin A." [ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "retinal metabolism" EXACT []
synonym: "retinaldehyde metabolic process" EXACT []
synonym: "retinaldehyde metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0001523 ! retinoid metabolic process
is_a: GO:0006081 ! aldehyde metabolic process
is_a: GO:0120254 ! olefinic compound metabolic process
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<GOterm>GO:0042574</GOterm>
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