galactose metabolic process
id: GO:0006012
name: galactose metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving galactose, the aldohexose galacto-hexose. D-galactose is widely distributed in combined form in plants, animals and microorganisms as a constituent of oligo- and polysaccharides; it also occurs in galactolipids and as its glucoside in lactose and melibiose.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0019388 | galactose catabolic process |
| GO:0046369 | galactose biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0019318 | hexose metabolic process |
