FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

galactose metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006012 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving galactose, the aldohexose galacto-hexose. D-galactose is widely distributed in combined form in plants, animals and microorganisms as a constituent of oligo- and polysaccharides; it also occurs in galactolipids and as its glucoside in lactose and melibiose.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"galactose metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Gene Groups	Genes
galactose metabolic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| galactose metabolic process	--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  monosaccharide metabolic process
   |__hexose metabolic process
       |__galactose metabolic process  10 rec.
           |__galactose biosynthetic process
           |   |__beta-D-galactofuranose biosynthetic process
           |__galactose catabolic process 9 rec.
               |__beta-D-galactofuranose catabolic process
               |__beta-D-galactose catabolic process via UDP-galactose, Leloir pathway 7 rec.
               |__galactose catabolic process via D-galactonate
               |__glycolytic process from galactose

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Relationships
Is a	hexose metabolic process
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"galactose metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Wikipedia:Galactose