FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term ether lipid metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0046485 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving ether lipids, lipids that contain (normally) one lipid alcohol in ether linkage to one of the carbon atoms (normally C-1) of glycerol.[ ISBN:0198506732 PubMed:15337120 ]
Also Known As "ether lipid metabolism"
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  primary metabolic process
   |__lipid metabolic process
       |__ether lipid metabolic process  3 rec.
           |__ether lipid biosynthetic process 3 rec.
           |   |__platelet activating factor biosynthetic process
           |__platelet activating factor metabolic process
               |__platelet activating factor biosynthetic process
               |__platelet activating factor catabolic process
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  • "ether lipid metabolism" EXACT
    "plasmalogen metabolic process" NARROW
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Wikipedia:Ether_lipid