Term Name: DNA metabolic process
Synonyms: cellular DNA metabolism, DNA metabolism
Definition: Any cellular metabolic process involving deoxyribonucleic acid. This is one of the two main types of nucleic acid, consisting of a long, unbranched macromolecule formed from one, or more commonly, two, strands of linked deoxyribonucleotides.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006259]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: DNA nuclease activity
is a type of: nucleic acid metabolic process
has subtype: base-excision repair, AP site formation base-excision repair, gap-filling chromosomal 5-methylcytosine DNA demethylation pathway DNA biosynthetic process DNA catabolic process DNA double-strand break processing DNA excision DNA integration DNA ligation DNA modification DNA protection DNA recombination DNA repair DNA replication DNA replication initiation DNA replication termination DNA replication, Okazaki fragment processing DNA strand displacement DNA strand elongation DNA strand invasion DNA strand resection involved in replication fork processing DNA topological change DNA-templated DNA replication maintenance of fidelity formation of extrachromosomal circular DNA G-quadruplex DNA formation gap filling involved in double-strand break repair via nonhomologous end joining heteroduplex formation lagging strand initiation maintenance of DNA repeat elements meiotic DNA double-strand break formation mitochondrial DNA metabolic process nucleotide-excision repair, DNA gap filling plastid DNA metabolic process removal of nonhomologous ends resolution of DNA recombination intermediates telomere maintenance
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of DNA metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of DNA metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of DNA metabolic process