GO_term: GO:0051066
GO:0051066 | Definition | The chemical reactions involving dihydrobiopterin, a reduced pteridine derivative related to folic acid; it acts as an electron carrier in tyrosine biosynthesis and its quinoid form is produced by oxidation of tetrahydrobiopterin in several biological hydroxylation reactions. | ||
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Term | dihydrobiopterin metabolism | |||
Type | Biological_process | |||
Parent | Instance_of | GO:0042558 | ||
Attributes_of | Index | Ancestor (21) | ||
Descendent | GO:0051066 |