Term Name: bacillithiol metabolic process
Synonyms: bacillithiol metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving bacillithiol, the alpha-anomeric glycoside of L-cysteinyl-D-glucosamine with L-malic acid. Bacillithiol, produced widely in the Firmicutes and sporadically in other bacterial lineages, is a low-molecular-weight thiol analogous to mycothiol in the Actinomycetes and glutathione in many species.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0071792]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: carboxylic acid metabolic process glycoside metabolic process sulfur compound metabolic process
has subtype: bacillithiol biosynthetic process