terpene metabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0042214

The chemical reactions and pathways involving terpenes, any of a large group of hydrocarbons that are made up of isoprene (C5H8) units which may be cyclic, acyclic or multicyclic, saturated or unsaturated, and may contain various functional groups. [ GOC:curators ]

Synonyms: terpene metabolism

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biological_process

GO:0042214

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Equivalent to:

metabolic process and has primary input or output some terpene

Subclass of:

isoprenoid metabolic process
hydrocarbon metabolic process
has primary input or output some terpene