FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

sterol metabolic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0016125 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]

Also Known As

"sterol metabolism"

Comment

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  lipid metabolic process
   |__steroid metabolic process
       |__sterol metabolic process  27 rec.
           |__cholesterol metabolic process 6 rec.
           |   |__cholesterol biosynthetic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__cholesterol catabolic process
           |   |__cholesterol ester hydrolysis involved in cholesterol transport
           |   |__regulation of cholesterol metabolic process(+) 1 rec.
           |__ecdysone metabolic process 14 rec.
           |   |__ecdysone biosynthetic process 12 rec.
           |   |__ecdysone catabolic process
           |__ergosterol metabolic process
           |   |__ergosterol biosynthetic process(+)
           |__sterol biosynthetic process 21 rec.
           |   |__cholesterol biosynthetic process(+) 3 rec.
           |   |__ecdysone biosynthetic process 12 rec.
           |   |__ergosterol biosynthetic process(+)
           |   |__regulation of sterol biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
           |   |__zymosterol biosynthetic process
           |__sterol catabolic process
           |   |__cholesterol catabolic process
           |   |__ecdysone catabolic process
           |__zymosterol metabolic process
               |__zymosterol biosynthetic process

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Relationships
Is a	steroid metabolic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"sterol metabolism" EXACT
Secondary IDs

External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Reactome:R-HSA-211976 "Endogenous sterols"