FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

glycogen metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0005977 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues in alpha-(1->4) glycosidic linkage, joined together by alpha-(1->6) glycosidic linkages.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"glycogen metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
glycogen metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
acts_upstream_of \| glycogen metabolic process
involved_in \| glycogen metabolic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

polysaccharide metabolic process
 |__glucan metabolic process_________________________
energy derivation by oxidation of organic compounds  |
 |__energy reserve metabolic process_________________|
                                                     glycogen metabolic process  46 rec.
                                                      |__glycogen biosynthetic process 17 rec.
                                                      |   |__regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
                                                      |__glycogen catabolic process 33 rec.
                                                      |   |__glycophagy 13 rec.
                                                      |   |__regulation of glycogen catabolic process(+) 17 rec.
                                                      |__regulation of glycogen metabolic process 22 rec.
                                                          |__negative regulation of glycogen metabolic process(+) 4 rec.
                                                          |__positive regulation of glycogen metabolic process(+) 14 rec.
                                                          |__regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
                                                          |__regulation of glycogen catabolic process(+) 17 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	energy reserve metabolic process glucan metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"glycogen metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Reactome:R-HSA-8982491 "Glycogen metabolism"