| GO term: | galactose metabolic process |
| Synonym: | galactose metabolism |
| GO id: | GO:0006012 |
| Definition: | 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. |
| Number of paths to term: | 2 |
denotes an 'is-a' relationship
denotes a 'part-of' relationship
denotes a 'regulates' relationship
denotes a 'positively-regulates' relationship
denotes a 'negatively-regulates' relationship
biological_processmetabolic processorganic substance metabolic processcarbohydrate metabolic processsingle-organism carbohydrate metabolic processmonosaccharide metabolic processhexose metabolic processallose metabolic process +fructose metabolic process +fucose metabolic process +galactose metabolic process [GO:0006012] (8 genes, 12 annotations)beta-D-galactofuranose metabolic process +galactose biosynthetic process +galactose catabolic process +glucose metabolic process +hexose biosynthetic process +hexose catabolic process +mannose metabolic process +rhamnose metabolic process +sorbose metabolic process +biological_processmetabolic processprimary metabolic processcarbohydrate metabolic processsingle-organism carbohydrate metabolic processmonosaccharide metabolic processhexose metabolic processallose metabolic process +fructose metabolic process +fucose metabolic process +galactose metabolic process [GO:0006012] (8 genes, 12 annotations)beta-D-galactofuranose metabolic process +galactose biosynthetic process +galactose catabolic process +glucose metabolic process +hexose biosynthetic process +hexose catabolic process +mannose metabolic process +rhamnose metabolic process +sorbose metabolic process +Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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