Term Name:	negative regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
Synonyms:	down regulation of nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process, down-regulation of nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process, downregulation of nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process, inhibition of nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process, negative regulation of nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolic process, negative regulation of nucleobase, nucleoside, nucleotide and nucleic acid metabolism
Definition:	Any cellular process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways involving nucleobases, nucleosides, nucleotides and nucleic acids.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0045934] QuickGO AmiGO

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is a type of:	biological regulation negative regulation of metabolic process regulation of nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process
has subtype:	negative regulation of butyryl-CoA biosynthetic process from acetyl-CoA negative regulation of butyryl-CoA catabolic process to butanol negative regulation of butyryl-CoA catabolic process to butyrate negative regulation of DNA metabolic process negative regulation of isopentenyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway negative regulation of nuclease activity negative regulation of nucleoside metabolic process negative regulation of nucleotide metabolic process negative regulation of purine nucleobase metabolic process negative regulation of pyrimidine nucleobase metabolic process negative regulation of pyruvate decarboxylation to acetyl-CoA negative regulation of RNA metabolic process negative regulation of tetrapyrrole biosynthetic process from glycine and succinyl-CoA negative regulation of UDP-glucose catabolic process negative regulation of UDP-N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process
negatively regulates:	nucleobase-containing compound metabolic process