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Category:GO:0046402 ! O antigen metabolic process
name: O antigen metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
def: "The chemical reactions and pathways involving the O side chain of a lipopolysaccharide, which determines the antigenic specificity of the organism. It is made up of about 50 repeating units of a branched tetrasaccharide." [ISBN:0198506732]
synonym: "O antigen metabolism" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0005976 ! polysaccharide metabolic process
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<GOterm>GO:0046402</GOterm>
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