The chemical reactions and pathways involving cell wall chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, found in the walls of cells.
cell wall glycoprotein biosynthetic process +
cell wall macromolecule catabolic process +
cell wall polysaccharide metabolic process +
cell wall proteoglycan metabolic process +
chitin biosynthetic process +
chitin catabolic process +
cuticle chitin metabolic process +
regulation of cell wall macromolecule metabolic process +