FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term polysaccharide metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0005976 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]
Also Known As "polysaccharide metabolism"
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metabolic process
 |__macromolecule metabolic process__
primary metabolic process            |
 |__carbohydrate metabolic process___|
                                     polysaccharide metabolic process  46 rec.
                                      |__alginic acid acetylation
                                      |__arabinan metabolic process
                                      |   |__arabinan biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__arabinan catabolic process
                                      |__cell wall polysaccharide metabolic process
                                      |   |__cell wall (1->3)-alpha-glucan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__cell wall beta-glucan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__cell wall polysaccharide biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__fungal-type cell wall polysaccharide metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__mannan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__rhamnogalacturonan I metabolic process(+)
                                      |__enterobacterial common antigen metabolic process
                                      |   |__enterobacterial common antigen biosynthetic process
                                      |__galacturonan metabolic process
                                      |   |__homogalacturonan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__rhamnogalacturonan I metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__rhamnogalacturonan II biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__xylogalacturonan metabolic process
                                      |__glucan metabolic process 46 rec.
                                      |   |__alpha-glucan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__beta-glucan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__cellodextrin metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__cyclodextrin metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__glucan biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
                                      |   |__glucan catabolic process(+) 33 rec.
                                      |   |__glucosylglycerol metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__glycogen metabolic process(+) 46 rec.
                                      |   |__pullulan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__starch metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__xyloglucan metabolic process(+)
                                      |__pectin metabolic process
                                      |   |__cell wall pectin metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__mucilage pectin metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__pectin biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__pectin catabolic process(+)
                                      |__polysaccharide biosynthetic process 15 rec.
                                      |   |__4,6-pyruvylated galactose residue biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__alginic acid biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__arabinan biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__cell wall polysaccharide biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__enterobacterial common antigen biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__fructan biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__galactomannan biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__glucan biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
                                      |   |__K antigen biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__Lewis a epitope biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__mannogen biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__O antigen biosynthetic process
                                      |   |__pectin biosynthetic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of polysaccharide biosynthetic process(+) 8 rec.
                                      |   |__slime layer polysaccharide biosynthetic process
                                      |__polysaccharide catabolic process 33 rec.
                                      |   |__alginic acid catabolic process
                                      |   |__alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltopentaose
                                      |   |__alpha-linked polysaccharide catabolism to maltotriose
                                      |   |__arabinan catabolic process
                                      |   |__cell septum edging catabolic process
                                      |   |__cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__fructan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__galactoglucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__galactomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__glucan catabolic process(+) 33 rec.
                                      |   |__glucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__glycolysis from storage polysaccharide through glucose-1-phosphate
                                      |   |__hemicellulose catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__homogalacturonan catabolic process
                                      |   |__mannogen catabolic process
                                      |   |__pectin catabolic process(+)
                                      |__regulation of polysaccharide metabolic process 22 rec.
                                      |   |__regulation of alpha-glucan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of beta-glucan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of cell wall pectin metabolic process
                                      |   |__regulation of cell wall polysaccharide catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of cellodextrin catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of chitin metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of cyclodextrin catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of galactoglucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of galactomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of glucomannan catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of glycogen metabolic process(+) 22 rec.
                                      |   |__regulation of hemicellulose catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of pectin catabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__regulation of polysaccharide biosynthetic process(+) 8 rec.
                                      |   |__regulation of starch metabolic process(+)
                                      |__substituted mannan metabolic process
                                      |   |__galactoglucomannan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__galactomannan metabolic process(+)
                                      |   |__glucomannan metabolic process(+)
                                      |__xylan metabolic process
                                          |__glucuronoxylan metabolic process(+)
                                          |__xylan biosynthetic process(+)
                                          |__xylan catabolic process(+)
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Is a carbohydrate metabolic process
macromolecule metabolic process
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  • "glycan metabolic process" NARROW
    "glycan metabolism" NARROW
    "multicellular organismal polysaccharide metabolic process" NARROW
    "polysaccharide metabolism" EXACT
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