The chemical reactions and pathways involving cyanide, NC-, the anion of hydrocyanic acid. Cyanide is a potent inhibitor of respiration, reacting with the ferric form of cytochrome aa3 and thus blocking the electron transport chain.
demethylation +
flavonoid metabolic process +
futile creatine cycle
glycosylation +
hormone metabolic process +
hydrocarbon metabolic process +
hydrogen metabolic process +
iron-sulfur-molybdenum cofactor metabolic process +
lactone metabolic process +
macromolecule metabolic process +
methanofuran metabolic process +
methylation +
negative regulation of metabolic process +
nicotine metabolic process +
nitrogen cycle metabolic process +
olefinic compound metabolic process +
organic heteropentacyclic compound metabolic process +