The chemical reactions and pathways involving ascospore wall chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of P-1,4-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues, found in the walls of ascospores.
cell wall chitin biosynthetic process +
cell wall chitin catabolic process +
fungal-type cell wall (1->3)-alpha-glucan metabolic process +
fungal-type cell wall beta-glucan metabolic process +
fungal-type cell wall polysaccharide biosynthetic process +
regulation of cell wall chitin metabolic process +