FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cellulose metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0030243 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving cellulose, a linear beta1-4 glucan of molecular mass 50-400 kDa with the pyranose units in the -4C1 conformation.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "cellulose metabolism"
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  glucan metabolic process
   |__beta-glucan metabolic process
       |__cellulose metabolic process
           |__cellulose biosynthetic process
           |   |__bacterial cellulose biosynthetic process
           |   |__plant-type cell wall cellulose biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of cellulose biosynthetic process(+)
           |__cellulose catabolic process
           |   |__anaerobic cellulose catabolic process
           |   |__cellulose catabolism by endo-processive cellulases
           |   |__regulation of cellulose catabolic process(+)
           |__plant-type cell wall cellulose metabolic process
               |__plant-type cell wall cellulose biosynthetic process(+)
               |__plant-type cell wall cellulose catabolic process(+)
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Is a beta-glucan metabolic process
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