loading...| Preferred Name |
lipid metabolic process |
| Synonyms |
lipid metabolism |
| Definitions |
The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0006629 |
| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Lipid_metabolism |
| has exact synonym |
lipid metabolism |
| has_obo_namespace |
biological_process |
| id |
GO:0006629 |
| imported from | |
| in subset |
http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_generic http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_agr http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_chembl http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_pir http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_yeast http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_drosophila http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_plant http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_metagenomics http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_candida http://purl.oboInOwllibrary.org/oboInOwl/go#goslim_aspergillus |
| label |
lipid metabolic process |
| notation |
GO:0006629 |
| prefLabel |
lipid metabolic process |
| textual definition |
The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids. |
| subClassOf |