GO biological process ontology term - GO:0019858 - cytosine metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0019858
- Name
- cytosine metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways involving cytosine, 4-amino-2-hydroxypyrimidine, a pyrimidine derivative that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids; it occurs widely in cytidine derivatives.
