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GO:0006582: melanin metabolic process (Biological process)

"The chemical reactions and pathways involving melanins, pigments largely of animal origin. High molecular weight polymers of indole quinone, they are irregular polymeric structures and are divided into three groups: allomelanins in the plant kingdom and eumelanins and phaeomelanins in the animal kingdom." [GOC:go_curators]


There are 436 sequences with this label.

Enriched clusters
Name Species % in cluster p-value corrected p-value action
Cluster_66 Actinostachys digitata 1.06 % 0.000188 0.0055
Cluster_57 Nephrolepis biserrata 0.85 % 0.002613 0.039717
Cluster_111 Psilotum nudum 1.22 % 0.002404 0.020326
Cluster_250 Pyrrosia piloselloides 0.52 % 0.008955 0.043182
Cluster_135 Pyrrosia piloselloides 0.7 % 0.006594 0.032694
Sequences (436) (download table)

Info: GO-associations disabled for items with more than 300 associated sequences !
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