monosaccharide metabolic process

id: GO:0005996
name: monosaccharide metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving monosaccharides, the simplest carbohydrates. They are polyhydric alcohols containing either an aldehyde or a keto group and between three to ten or more carbon atoms. They form the constitutional repeating units of oligo- and polysaccharides.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006040amino sugar metabolic process
GO:0006063uronic acid metabolic process
GO:0019318hexose metabolic process
GO:0019321pentose metabolic process
GO:0019682glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate metabolic process
GO:0033347tetrose metabolic process
GO:0046364monosaccharide biosynthetic process
GO:0046365monosaccharide catabolic process
GO:0046400keto-3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid metabolic process
GO:0071792bacillithiol metabolic process
GO:2001060D-glycero-D-manno-heptose 7-phosphate metabolic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006066alcohol metabolic process
GO:0044262cellular carbohydrate metabolic process