Category:GO:0006012 ! galactose metabolic process

name: galactose metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving galactose, the aldohexose galacto-hexose. D-galactose is widely distributed in combined form in plants, animals and microorganisms as a constituent of oligo- and polysaccharides; it also occurs in galactolipids and as its glucoside in lactose and melibiose." [ISBN:0198506732]
subset: gosubset_prok
synonym: "galactose metabolism" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Galactose
is_a: GO:0019318 ! hexose metabolic process

AmiGO

Child Terms

This term has the following 2 child terms, out of 2 total.

• [+] GO:0019388 ! galactose catabolic process (2)
• [  ] GO:0046369 ! galactose biosynthetic process

Pages in category "GO:0006012 ! galactose metabolic process"

The following 58 pages are in this category, out of 58 total.