Term Name: polyketide metabolic process
Synonyms: polyketide metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving polyketides, any of a diverse group of natural products synthesized via linear poly-beta-ketones, which are themselves formed by repetitive head-to-tail addition of acetyl (or substituted acetyl) units indirectly derived from acetate (or a substituted acetate) by a mechanism similar to that for fatty acid biosynthesis but without the intermediate reductive steps.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0030638]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: secondary metabolic process
has subtype: ansamycin metabolic process asperfuranone metabolic process aspyridone A metabolic process aspyridone B metabolic process averantin metabolic process daunorubicin metabolic process doxorubicin metabolic process F-9775A metabolic process F-9775B metabolic process fonsecin metabolic process granaticin metabolic process macrolide metabolic process neosartoricin metabolic process oxytetracycline metabolic process polyketide biosynthetic process polyketide catabolic process tetracenomycin C metabolic process tetracycline metabolic process