beta-alanine metabolic process

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Namebeta-alanine metabolic process
IDGO_0019482
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Biological process

Exact synonym

beta-alanine metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-alanine (3-aminopropanoic acid), an achiral amino acid and an isomer of alanine. It occurs free (e.g. in brain) and in combination (e.g. in pantothenate) but it is not a constituent of proteins.

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