3,4-dihydroxybenzoate metabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways involving protocatechuate, the anion of protocatechuic acid (3,4-dihydroxybenzoic acid).
GO:0009712
catechol-containing compound metabolic process
is_a
GO:0032787
monocarboxylic acid metabolic process
is_a
GO:0042537
benzene-containing compound metabolic process
is_a
protocatechuate metabolic process
exact
protocatechuate metabolism
exact