Category:GO:0071792 ! bacillithiol metabolic process

name: bacillithiol metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving bacillithiol, the alpha-anomeric glycoside of L-cysteinyl-D-glucosamine with L-malic acid. Bacillithiol, produced widely in the Firmicutes and sporadically in other bacterial lineages, is a low-molecular-weight thiol analogous to mycothiol in the Actinomycetes and glutathione in many species." [GOC:dh, PMID:20308541]
synonym: "bacillithiol metabolism" EXACT [GOC:mah]
is_a: GO:0006790 ! sulfur compound metabolic process
is_a: GO:0016137 ! glycoside metabolic process
is_a: GO:0019752 ! carboxylic acid metabolic process

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0071792</GOterm>
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