FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term lipid metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0006629 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
Also Known As "lipid metabolism"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS     102
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 lipid metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)     102
     acts_upstream_of | lipid metabolic process       1
     involved_in | lipid metabolic process     102
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  metabolic process
   |__primary metabolic process
       |__lipid metabolic process  596 rec.
           |__ether lipid metabolic process 3 rec.
           |   |__ether lipid biosynthetic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__platelet activating factor metabolic process(+)
           |__fatty acid derivative metabolic process 45 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid derivative biosynthetic process(+) 21 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid derivative catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid methyl ester metabolic process(+)
           |   |__fatty acid primary amide metabolic process(+)
           |   |__fatty alcohol metabolic process(+)
           |   |__fatty-acyl-CoA metabolic process(+) 40 rec.
           |   |__ketone body metabolic process(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__leukotriene A4 metabolic process(+)
           |   |__leukotriene B4 metabolic process(+)
           |   |__lipoxin A4 metabolic process(+)
           |   |__lipoxin B4 metabolic process(+)
           |   |__protocatechuate catabolic process, ortho-cleavage
           |   |__wax metabolic process(+) 3 rec.
           |__fatty acid metabolic process 142 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 53 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid catabolic process(+) 49 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid oxidation(+) 40 rec.
           |   |__lipoate metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__lipoxygenase pathway(+)
           |   |__long-chain fatty acid metabolic process(+) 27 rec.
           |   |__medium-chain fatty acid metabolic process(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__methane biosynthetic process from 3-(methylthio)propionic acid
           |   |__methyl-branched fatty acid metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__monounsaturated fatty acid metabolic process(+)
           |   |__poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthetic process from fatty acid
           |   |__short-chain fatty acid metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__unsaturated fatty acid metabolic process(+) 11 rec.
           |   |__very long-chain fatty acid metabolic process(+) 29 rec.
           |__glycerolipid metabolic process 173 rec.
           |   |__acylglycerol metabolic process(+) 50 rec.
           |   |__glycerolipid biosynthetic process(+) 112 rec.
           |   |__glycerolipid catabolic process(+) 23 rec.
           |   |__glycerophospholipid metabolic process(+) 130 rec.
           |__isoprenoid metabolic process 37 rec.
           |   |__isoprenoid biosynthetic process(+) 23 rec.
           |   |__isoprenoid catabolic process(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__polyprenol metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__terpene metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__terpenoid metabolic process(+) 26 rec.
           |__lipid biosynthetic process 289 rec.
           |   |__emericellamide biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__ether lipid biosynthetic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 53 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid derivative biosynthetic process(+) 21 rec.
           |   |__glycerolipid biosynthetic process(+) 112 rec.
           |   |__isoprenoid biosynthetic process(+) 23 rec.
           |   |__lipopolysaccharide biosynthetic process
           |   |__membrane lipid biosynthetic process(+) 101 rec.
           |   |__neutral lipid biosynthetic process(+) 19 rec.
           |   |__phenolic phthiocerol biosynthetic process
           |   |__phospholipid biosynthetic process(+) 118 rec.
           |   |__phthiocerol biosynthetic process
           |   |__steroid biosynthetic process(+) 36 rec.
           |   |__sulfolipid biosynthetic process
           |__lipid catabolic process 144 rec.
           |   |__cytosolic lipolysis
           |   |__emericellamide catabolic process(+)
           |   |__fatty acid catabolic process(+) 49 rec.
           |   |__fatty acid derivative catabolic process(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__glycerolipid catabolic process(+) 23 rec.
           |   |__intestinal lipid catabolic process
           |   |__isoprenoid catabolic process(+) 5 rec.
           |   |__lipopolysaccharide catabolic process
           |   |__membrane lipid catabolic process(+) 11 rec.
           |   |__phospholipid catabolic process(+) 14 rec.
           |   |__steroid catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
           |__lipid modification 78 rec.
           |   |__lipid hydroxylation
           |   |__lipid modification by small protein conjugation(+)
           |   |__lipid oxidation(+) 41 rec.
           |   |__lipid phosphorylation 5 rec.
           |   |__phospholipid dephosphorylation(+) 27 rec.
           |__liposaccharide metabolic process 59 rec.
           |   |__glycolipid metabolic process(+) 59 rec.
           |   |__lipopolysaccharide metabolic process(+)
           |__membrane lipid metabolic process 113 rec.
           |   |__glycolipid metabolic process(+) 59 rec.
           |   |__membrane lipid biosynthetic process(+) 101 rec.
           |   |__membrane lipid catabolic process(+) 11 rec.
           |   |__sphingolipid metabolic process(+) 67 rec.
           |__neutral lipid metabolic process 50 rec.
           |   |__acylglycerol metabolic process(+) 50 rec.
           |   |__neutral lipid biosynthetic process(+) 19 rec.
           |   |__neutral lipid catabolic process(+) 17 rec.
           |__phospholipid metabolic process 175 rec.
           |   |__dimethylallyl diphosphate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__farnesyl diphosphate metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__geranyl diphosphate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__geranylgeranyl diphosphate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__glycerophospholipid metabolic process(+) 130 rec.
           |   |__inositol phosphoceramide metabolic process(+)
           |   |__isopentenyl diphosphate metabolic process(+) 4 rec.
           |   |__lipid A metabolic process(+)
           |   |__phospholipid biosynthetic process(+) 118 rec.
           |   |__phospholipid catabolic process(+) 14 rec.
           |   |__sphinganine-1-phosphate metabolic process(+)
           |   |__sphingomyelin metabolic process(+) 6 rec.
           |__steroid metabolic process 61 rec.
           |   |__(25S)-Delta(7)-dafachronate metabolic process
           |   |__androgen metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__bile acid metabolic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__brassinosteroid metabolic process(+)
           |   |__brexanolone metabolic process(+)
           |   |__C21-steroid hormone metabolic process(+)
           |   |__ecdysteroid metabolic process(+) 40 rec.
           |   |__estrogen metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__glucocorticoid metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__mineralocorticoid metabolic process(+)
           |   |__steroid biosynthetic process(+) 36 rec.
           |   |__steroid catabolic process(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__sterol metabolic process(+) 29 rec.
           |   |__vitamin D metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |__sulfolipid metabolic process
               |__sulfolipid biosynthetic process
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Reactome:R-HSA-556833 "Metabolism of lipids"
Wikipedia:Lipid_metabolism