FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

sphingomyelin metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0006684 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine, any of a class of phospholipids in which the amino group of sphingosine is in amide linkage with one of several fatty acids, while the terminal hydroxyl group of sphingosine is esterified to phosphorylcholine.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"sphingomyelin metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

lipid metabolic process
 |__phospholipid metabolic process__
 |__sphingolipid metabolic process__|
organophosphate metabolic process   |
 |__phospholipid metabolic process__|
                                    sphingomyelin metabolic process  6 rec.
                                     |__sphingomyelin biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                     |__sphingomyelin catabolic process 4 rec.
                                         |__regulation of sphingomyelin catabolic process(+)

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Relationships
Is a	phospholipid metabolic process sphingolipid metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"sphingomyelin metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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