cholesterol metabolic process

id: GO:0008203
name: cholesterol metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. It is a component of the plasma membrane lipid bilayer and of plasma lipoproteins and can be found in all animal tissues.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006695cholesterol biosynthetic process
GO:0006707cholesterol catabolic process
GO:0019708peptidyl-glycine cholesteryl ester biosynthesis from peptidyl-glycine
GO:0090122cholesterol ester hydrolysis involved in cholesterol transport

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0016125sterol metabolic process