| GO term: | N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process |
| Synonym: | N-acetylglucosamine metabolism |
| GO id: | GO:0006044 |
| Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways involving N-acetylglucosamine. The D isomer is a common structural unit of glycoproteins in plants, bacteria and animals; it is often the terminal sugar of an oligosaccharide group of a glycoprotein. |
| Number of paths to term: | 1 |
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denotes a 'negatively-regulates' relationship
biological_processmetabolic processorganic substance metabolic processcarbohydrate derivative metabolic processamino sugar metabolic processglucosamine-containing compound metabolic processchitin metabolic process +glucosamine metabolic process +glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process +glucosamine-containing compound catabolic process +N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process [GO:0006044] (13 genes, 16 annotations)N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic processN-acetylglucosamine catabolic processMouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc |
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