FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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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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