Planteome: Term Details for "styrene metabolic process" (GO:0018966)

Accession: GO:0018966
Name: styrene metabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: styrene metabolism
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving styrene, an aromatic hydrocarbon liquid soluble in ether and alcohol. When heated, exposed to light or added to a peroxide catalyst, it undergoes polymerization to form polystyrene, a versatile material used in the manufacture of plastics, synthetic rubber, thermal insulation, and packaging. Styrene is a classified mutagen and a suspected carcinogen. Source: GOC:jl, UM-BBD_pathwayID:sty
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0018966 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to styrene metabolic process.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to styrene metabolic process.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for styrene metabolic process.
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subject	relation	object
styrene metabolic process	is_a	olefin metabolic process (GO:1900673)
styrene metabolic process	is_a	benzene-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0042537)

subject	relation	object
styrene catabolic process (GO:0042207)	is_a	styrene metabolic process