This term is obsolete.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.

4,715,800 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 metabolism exact
sulphur metabolic process exact
sulfur 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
thiocyanate metabolic process
is_a
sulfation
is_a
sulfate assimilation
is_a
leukotriene D4 metabolic process
is_a
hydrogen sulfide metabolic process
is_a
methane biosynthetic process from dimethyl sulfide
is_a
methane biosynthetic process from methanethiol
is_a
6-sulfoquinovose(1-) metabolic process
is_a
gliotoxin metabolic process
is_a
dermatan sulfate 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 708 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
sulfur compound metabolic process
1,776.82 100.00 109,712 109,712
sulfite oxidase activity
1,775.98 24.96 27,392 27,405
sulfate assimilation
421.84 14.45 29,601 124,681
3'(2'),5'-bisphosphate nucleotidase activity
1,141.28 13.97 16,618 25,872
pyrimidine-containing compound metabolic process
647.09 13.05 18,538 50,903
organic hydroxy compound metabolic process
630.59 12.93 18,538 52,235
sulfate adenylyltransferase (ATP) activity
500.11 12.14 19,302 68,577
3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate metabolic process
1,239.82 10.75 12,375 17,735
molybdopterin cofactor binding
278.70 10.66 27,384 174,586
taurine dioxygenase activity
1,654.31 10.31 11,397 12,241
Totals 718553 114874529
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0006790 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 252 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
sulfur compound metabolic process
2,929.25 100.00 441 441
purine ribonucleotide metabolic process
2,929.25 31.52 139 139
adenylylsulfatase activity
2,827.54 31.17 139 144
sulfite oxidase activity
2,929.25 27.89 123 123
N-acetylglucosamine 6-O-sulfotransferase activity
2,029.20 25.00 124 179
molybdopterin cofactor binding
1,760.44 23.37 122 203
N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process
750.47 15.48 124 484
heme binding
105.48 3.29 122 3,388
keratan sulfate biosynthetic process
732.31 2.12 10 40
taurine dioxygenase activity
2,050.47 1.58 7 10
Totals 1695 65798

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 439
goslim_generic 141
goslim_prokaryote 97
goslim_chembl 296
goslim_pombe 61
goslim_drosophila 173

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-18 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
2024-09-18 Added RELATION is a GO:0008152 (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 Deleted SYNONYM sulfur metabolism
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM proteoglycan sulfate transfer
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM proteoglycan sulfate transfer
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM sulfur metabolism
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sulphur metabolic process
2007-08-09 Added SYNONYM sulphur metabolism
2007-08-09 Deleted SYNONYM sulphur 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 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0044237 (obsolete cellular metabolic process)
2024-09-18 Added RELATION is a GO:0008152 (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 Added SUBSET goslim_chembl
2015-05-19 Deleted SUBSET goslim_ChEMBL
2015-05-11 Added SUBSET goslim_ChEMBL
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_generic
2012-02-17 Added SUBSET goslim_metagenomics
2010-12-05 Added SUBSET goslim_generic
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