gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process

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Namegamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process
IDGO_0009448
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Biological process

Exact synonym

4-aminobutanoate metabolic process, 4-aminobutanoate metabolism, 4-aminobutyrate metabolic process, 4-aminobutyrate metabolism, GABA metabolic process, GABA metabolism, gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 4-aminobutyrate), an amino acid which acts as a neurotransmitter in some organisms.

Comment

See also the biological process term 'neurotransmitter metabolic process ; GO:0042133'.

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