FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term ceramide metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006672 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving ceramides, any N-acylated sphingoid.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]
Also Known As "ceramide metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       4
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 ceramide metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       4
     involved_in | ceramide metabolic process       4
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membrane lipid metabolic process
 |__sphingolipid metabolic process__
metabolic process                   |
 |__amide metabolic process_________|
                                    ceramide metabolic process  25 rec.
                                     |__ceramide biosynthetic process 18 rec.
                                     |   |__galactosylceramide biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__ganglioside biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__glucosylceramide biosynthetic process(+) 4 rec.
                                     |   |__isogloboside biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__lactosylceramide biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__omega-hydroxyceramide biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__regulation of ceramide biosynthetic process(+) 3 rec.
                                     |__ceramide catabolic process 5 rec.
                                     |   |__ganglioside catabolic process
                                     |   |__glycosylceramide catabolic process(+) 3 rec.
                                     |__ganglioside metabolic process
                                     |   |__ganglioside biosynthetic process
                                     |   |__ganglioside catabolic process
                                     |__glycosylceramide metabolic process 7 rec.
                                         |__galactosylceramide metabolic process(+)
                                         |__glucosylceramide metabolic process(+) 7 rec.
                                         |__glycosylceramide catabolic process(+) 3 rec.
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Is a sphingolipid metabolic process
amide metabolic process
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