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| Term | ergosterol metabolic process | ID (Ontology) | GO:0008204 (Gene Ontology) |
| Definition | The chemical reactions and pathways involving ergosterol, (22E)-ergosta-5,7,22-trien-3-beta-ol, a sterol found in ergot, yeast and moulds. It is the most important of the D provitamins and is converted to vitamin D2 on irradiation with UV light.[ ISBN:0198506732 ] | ||
| Also Known As | "ergosterol metabolism" | ||
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alcohol metabolic process |__secondary alcohol metabolic process__ steroid metabolic process | |__sterol metabolic process_____________| ergosterol metabolic process |__ergosterol biosynthetic process |
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