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GO_term: GO:0006012
| GO:0006012 | Definition | The chemical reactions and physical changes 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. | ||
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| The chemical reactions 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. | ||||
| Term | galactose metabolism | |||
| Type | Biological_process | |||
| Child | Instance (2) | |||
| Parent | Instance_of | GO:0019318 | ||
| Attributes_of | Motif (9) | |||
| Gene (5) | ||||
| CDS (6) | ||||
| Index | Ancestor (32) | |||
| Descendent | GO:0046369 | |||
| GO:0019388 | ||||
| GO:0006012 |
