FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term lipid A metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0046493 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipid A, the glycolipid group of bacterial lipopolysaccharides, consisting of four to six fatty acyl chains linked to two glucosamine residues. Further modifications of the backbone are common.[ ISBN:0198506732 PubMed:20974832 PubMed:22216004 ]
Also Known As "lipid A metabolism"
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lipid metabolic process
 |__phospholipid metabolic process_______________
membrane lipid metabolic process                 |
 |__glycolipid metabolic process_________________|
phosphate-containing compound metabolic process  |
 |__phospholipid metabolic process_______________|
organophosphate metabolic process                |
 |__phospholipid metabolic process_______________|
carbohydrate derivative metabolic process        |
 |__lipooligosaccharide metabolic process________|
liposaccharide metabolic process                 |
 |__glycolipid metabolic process_________________|
                                                 lipid A metabolic process
                                                  |__lipid A biosynthetic process
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Is a phospholipid metabolic process
glycolipid metabolic process
lipooligosaccharide metabolic process
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