fructose metabolic process
id: GO:0006000
name: fructose metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving fructose, the ketohexose arabino-2-hexulose. Fructose exists in a open chain form or as a ring compound. D-fructose is the sweetest of the sugars and is found free in a large number of fruits and honey.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006001 | fructose catabolic process |
GO:0006002 | fructose 6-phosphate metabolic process |
GO:0006003 | fructose 2,6-bisphosphate metabolic process |
GO:0030388 | fructose 1,6-bisphosphate metabolic process |
GO:0046370 | fructose biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0019318 | hexose metabolic process |