lipid metabolic process
id: GO:0006629
name: lipid metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: 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.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0008202 | steroid metabolic process |
GO:0008610 | lipid biosynthetic process |
GO:0016042 | lipid catabolic process |
GO:0044255 | cellular lipid metabolic process |
GO:2001132 | methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0044238 | primary metabolic process |