Term Name: carotene metabolic process
Synonyms: carotene metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving carotenes, hydrocarbon carotenoids.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0016119]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: terpene metabolic process
has subtype: 9,9'-di-cis-zeta-carotene desaturation to 7,9,7',9'-tetra-cis-lycopene alpha-zeacarotene metabolic process beta-carotene metabolic process beta-zeacarotene metabolic process carotene biosynthetic process carotene catabolic process delta-carotene metabolic process lycopene metabolic process phytoene metabolic process