glycerol metabolic process
id: GO:0006071
name: glycerol metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0006072 | glycerol-3-phosphate metabolic process |
| GO:0006114 | glycerol biosynthetic process |
| GO:0019563 | glycerol catabolic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0019400 | alditol metabolic process |
