This term is obsolete.

GO:0006790 JSON

sulfur compound metabolic process

Biological Process

Definition (GO:0006790 GONUTS page)

The chemical reactions and pathways involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.

4,791,507 annotations

Synonyms

Synonyms are alternative words or phrases closely related in meaning to the term name, with indication of the relationship between the name and synonym given by the synonym scope.

Synonym Type
sulphur metabolic process exact
sulfur metabolism exact
sulphur metabolism exact

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0006790

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0006790
alkanesulfonate metabolic process
is_a
camalexin metabolic process
is_a
cyclohexylsulfamate metabolic process
is_a
disproportionation of elemental sulfur
is_a
coenzyme A metabolic process
is_a
cephalosporin metabolic process
is_a
S-adenosylhomocysteine metabolic process
is_a
parathion metabolic process
is_a
S-glycoside metabolic process
is_a
S-adenosylmethionine metabolic process
is_a

Cross-references

Database ID Description
InterPro IPR006239 3(2),5 -bisphosphate nucleotidase
InterPro IPR006240 3'(2'),5'-bisphosphate nucleotidase CysQ
InterPro IPR011779 Sulphate adenylyltransferase, large subunit
InterPro IPR011808 Sulphite reductase, dissimilatory-type beta subunit
InterPro IPR023939 Cysteine desulfuration protein SufE
Wikipedia Sulfur_metabolism

Cross-Ontology Relations

Relation Other Ontology ID Term
has_primary_input_or_output CHEBI CHEBI:26835 sulfur molecular entity

Replaces

This term can be used instead of these obsolete terms:

GO Identifier GO Term Name Reason
GO:0001526 obsolete proteoglycan sulfate transfer consider GO:0006790

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0006790 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 724 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
sulfur compound metabolic process
1,758.86 100.00 112,661 112,661
sulfite oxidase activity
1,758.05 24.99 28,161 28,174
sulfate assimilation
422.08 14.61 30,618 127,589
3'(2'),5'-bisphosphate nucleotidase activity
1,128.61 13.88 16,953 26,420
sulfate adenylyltransferase (ATP) activity
490.37 11.93 19,446 69,749
molybdopterin cofactor binding
277.57 10.71 28,152 178,388
3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate metabolic process
1,229.43 10.63 12,556 17,963
taurine dioxygenase activity
1,639.94 10.21 11,584 12,424
molybdenum ion binding
236.27 8.47 21,000 156,330
thiaminase activity
1,581.17 8.17 9,290 10,334
Totals 741730 139932653
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0006790 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 258 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
sulfur compound metabolic process
2,806.23 100.00 503 503
purine ribonucleotide metabolic process
2,806.23 30.02 151 151
adenylylsulfatase activity
2,716.29 29.72 151 156
sulfite oxidase activity
2,806.23 27.24 137 137
N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase activity
1,870.82 23.20 132 198
molybdopterin cofactor binding
1,659.34 22.78 136 230
N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process
696.28 14.62 132 532
sulfate binding
1,511.05 5.31 28 52
heme binding
105.98 3.43 136 3,601
keratan sulfate biosynthetic process
668.15 1.87 10 42
Totals 1895 69884

GO Slims

This term is present in the following GO Consortium-maintained GO slims:

GO slim name Total Number of Terms in Slim
goslim_pir 438
goslim_generic 141
goslim_prokaryote 97
goslim_chembl 296
goslim_pombe 61
goslim_drosophila 173

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-18 Added RELATION is a GO:0008152 (metabolic process)
2024-09-18 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
2023-12-15 Added SUBSET goslim_prokaryote
2022-06-16 Added RELATION has part GO:0006791 (sulfur utilization)
2022-06-12 Deleted RELATION has part GO:0006791 (sulfur utilization)
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:01.02
2019-11-09 Added SUBSET goslim_drosophila
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:01.02
2018-07-13 Added SUBSET goslim_pir
2017-07-28 Added SUBSET goslim_pombe
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2010-10-15 Updated TERM sulfur compound metabolic process
2007-01-15 Updated TERM sulfur metabolic process
2002-02-06 Updated TERM sulfur metabolism
2001-04-03 Updated TERM sulfur metabolism
2001-03-30 Added TERM sulfur metabolism
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
2007-10-05 Deleted SYNONYM proteoglycan sulfate transfer
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM sulphur metabolic process
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM sulphur metabolism
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sulfur metabolism
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sulphur metabolism
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM proteoglycan sulfate transfer
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM proteoglycan sulfate transfer
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sulphur metabolic process
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM sulfur metabolism
2007-01-29 Added SYNONYM sulfur metabolism
2007-01-15 Added SYNONYM sulphur metabolic process
2006-05-04 Updated DEFINITION The chemical reactions and pathways involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
2005-08-10 Added SYNONYM proteoglycan sulfate transfer
2005-01-21 Updated DEFINITION The chemical reactions involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
2004-04-19 Added SYNONYM sulphur metabolism
2004-04-16 Deleted SYNONYM sulphur metabolism
2003-11-13 Added SYNONYM sulphur metabolism
2002-11-27 Added DEFINITION The chemical reactions and physical changes involving the nonmetallic element sulfur or compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-18 Added RELATION is a GO:0008152 (metabolic process)
2024-09-18 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
2022-06-16 Added RELATION has part GO:0006791 (sulfur utilization)
2022-06-12 Deleted RELATION has part GO:0006791 (sulfur utilization)
2010-06-15 Added RELATION has part GO:0006791 (sulfur utilization)
2010-06-14 Deleted RELATION has part GO:0006791 (sulfur utilization)
2010-06-08 Added RELATION has part GO:0006791 (sulfur utilization)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2020-02-28 Deleted XREF MIPS_funcat:01.02
2019-05-04 Added XREF MIPS_funcat:01.02
2009-03-02 Added XREF Wikipedia:Sulfur_metabolism
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2023-12-15 Added SUBSET goslim_prokaryote
2019-11-09 Added SUBSET goslim_drosophila
2018-07-13 Added SUBSET goslim_pir
2017-07-28 Added SUBSET goslim_pombe
2016-07-23 Deleted SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2015-05-19 Deleted SUBSET goslim_ChEMBL
2015-05-19 Added SUBSET goslim_chembl
2015-05-11 Added SUBSET goslim_ChEMBL
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_generic
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2012-02-17 Added SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2010-12-05 Added SUBSET goslim_generic
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