The series of events in which a biotic stimulus, one caused or produced by a living organism, is received and converted into a molecular signal.

The series of events in which a stimulus from a pest, pathogen or parasite is received and converted into a molecular signal.

The series of events in which a stimulus from a virus is received and converted into a molecular signal.

The series of events in which a stimulus from a pathogenic (disease-causing) bacterium is received and converted into a molecular signal.

The chemical reactions involving sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group.

The chemical reactions involving uronic acid, any monocarboxylic acid formally derived by oxidizing to a carboxyl group the terminal hydroxymethylene group of either an aldose with four or more carbon atoms in the molecule, or of any glycoside derived from such an aldose.

The breakdown into simpler components of glucuronate, any salt or ester of glucuronic acid.

The formation from simpler components of UDP-glucuronate, a substance composed of glucuronic acid in glycosidic linkage with uridine diphosphate.

The chemical reactions involving alcohols, any of a class of alkyl compounds containing a hydroxyl group.

The chemical reactions involving ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, a colorless, water-miscible, flammable liquid produced by alcoholic fermentation.

The breakdown into simpler components of ethanol, CH3-CH2-OH, a colorless, water-miscible, flammable liquid produced by alcoholic fermentation.

Catalysis of the reaction: (5Z,9E,14Z)-(8x,11R,12S)-11,12-epoxy-8-hydroxyicosa-5,9,14-trienoate + H2O = (5Z,9E,14Z)-(8x,11x,12S)-8,11,12-trihydroxyicosa-5,9,14-trienoate.

The chemical reactions involving mannosomine, 2-amino-2-deoxymannose; the D-isomer is a constituent of neuraminic acids as well as mucolipids and mucoproteins.

The chemical reactions involving N-acetylmannosamine, the acetylated derivative of mannosamine, 2-amino-2-deoxymannose.