inositol phosphorylceramide metabolic process

id: GO:0006674
name: inositol phosphorylceramide metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving inositol phosphorylceramides, any lipid with a phosphodiester bridge between an inositol residue and the ceramide group. The phosphate-containing group is the trivalent -P(O)= and the ceramide group of this lipid consists of phytosphingosine and a hydroxy C26 fatty acid.

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