FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term glycolipid metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006664 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycolipids, a class of 1,2-di-O-acylglycerols joined at oxygen 3 by a glycosidic linkage to a carbohydrate part (usually a mono-, di- or tri-saccharide). Some substances classified as bacterial glycolipids have the sugar group acylated by one or more fatty acids and the glycerol group may be absent.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]
Also Known As "glycolipid metabolism"
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lipid metabolic process
 |__membrane lipid metabolic process_______
 |__liposaccharide metabolic process_______|
carbohydrate derivative metabolic process  |
 |__liposaccharide metabolic process_______|
                                           glycolipid metabolic process  59 rec.
                                            |__galactolipid metabolic process
                                            |   |__galactolipid biosynthetic process(+)
                                            |   |__galactolipid catabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__galactosylceramide metabolic process(+)
                                            |__glycolipid biosynthetic process 55 rec.
                                            |   |__4-amino-4-deoxy-alpha-L-arabinopyranosyl undecaprenyl phosphate biosynthetic process
                                            |   |__beta-L-Ara4N-lipid A biosynthetic process
                                            |   |__dolichol phosphate mannose biosynthetic process 4 rec.
                                            |   |__galactolipid biosynthetic process(+)
                                            |   |__GDP-alpha-D-mannosylchitobiosyldiphosphodolichol biosynthetic process
                                            |   |__glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process(+) 12 rec.
                                            |   |__GPI anchor biosynthetic process 37 rec.
                                            |   |__Kdo2-lipid A biosynthetic process
                                            |   |__lipid A biosynthetic process
                                            |   |__polyacyltrehalose biosynthetic process
                                            |   |__rhamnolipid biosynthesis
                                            |   |__sophorosyloxydocosanoate biosynthetic process
                                            |__glycolipid catabolic process 3 rec.
                                            |   |__galactolipid catabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__glycosphingolipid catabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                            |   |__sophorosyloxydocosanoate catabolic process
                                            |__glycosphingolipid metabolic process 15 rec.
                                            |   |__ganglioside metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__globoside metabolic process(+)
                                            |   |__glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process(+) 12 rec.
                                            |   |__glycosphingolipid catabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                            |   |__glycosylceramide metabolic process(+) 7 rec.
                                            |   |__mannosyl-inositol phosphorylceramide metabolic process(+)
                                            |__GPI anchor metabolic process 37 rec.
                                            |   |__GPI anchor biosynthetic process 37 rec.
                                            |   |__mannosyl diphosphorylinositol ceramide metabolic process
                                            |__lipid A metabolic process
                                                |__lipid A biosynthetic process
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liposaccharide metabolic process
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