keratan sulfate metabolic process
id: GO:0042339
name: keratan sulfate metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving keratan sulfate, a glycosaminoglycan with repeat units consisting of beta-1,4-linked D-galactopyranosyl-beta-(1,4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-sulfate and with variable amounts of fucose, sialic acid and mannose units; keratan sulfate chains are covalently linked by a glycosidic attachment through the trisaccharide galactosyl-galactosyl-xylose to peptidyl-threonine or serine residues.
Child Functions
id | name |
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GO:0018146 | keratan sulfate biosynthetic process |
GO:0042340 | keratan sulfate catabolic process |
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0006790 | sulfur compound metabolic process |
GO:0030203 | glycosaminoglycan metabolic process |