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GO_term: GO:0006629   

GO:0006629 Definition The chemical reactions and physical changes involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
The chemical reactions involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
Termlipid metabolism
TypeBiological_process
Child Instance GO:0008610
GO:0008653
GO:0016042
GO:0006724
GO:0006631
GO:0046486
GO:0006720
GO:0046493
GO:0030258
GO:0019915
GO:0006643
GO:0006638
GO:0008202
GO:0046505
GO:0044255
ComponentGO:0019216
Parent Instance_of GO:0008152
GO:0044238
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