FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term hexose metabolic process ID (Ontology) GO:0019318 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways involving a hexose, any monosaccharide with a chain of six carbon atoms in the molecule.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As"hexose metabolism"
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     involved_in | hexose metabolic process
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carbohydrate metabolic process____
small molecule metabolic process__|
                                  monosaccharide metabolic process
                                   |__hexose metabolic process  94 rec.
                                       |__fructose metabolic process 10 rec.
                                       |   |__fructose biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                       |   |__fructose catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                       |__fucose metabolic process 6 rec.
                                       |   |__fucose biosynthetic process(+)
                                       |   |__L-fucose metabolic process(+) 5 rec.
                                       |__galactose metabolic process 10 rec.
                                       |   |__galactose biosynthetic process(+)
                                       |   |__galactose catabolic process(+) 9 rec.
                                       |__glucose metabolic process 59 rec.
                                       |   |__gluconeogenesis(+) 29 rec.
                                       |   |__glucose catabolic process(+) 19 rec.
                                       |   |__regulation of glucose metabolic process(+) 19 rec.
                                       |__hexose biosynthetic process 34 rec.
                                       |   |__D-allose biosynthetic process
                                       |   |__fructose biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                       |   |__fucose biosynthetic process(+)
                                       |   |__galactose biosynthetic process(+)
                                       |   |__gluconeogenesis(+) 29 rec.
                                       |   |__L-sorbose biosynthetic process
                                       |   |__mannose biosynthetic process
                                       |   |__rhamnose biosynthetic process
                                       |__hexose catabolic process 34 rec.
                                       |   |__D-allose catabolic process
                                       |   |__fructose catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                       |   |__galactose catabolic process(+) 9 rec.
                                       |   |__glucose catabolic process(+) 19 rec.
                                       |   |__L-fucose catabolic process(+) 5 rec.
                                       |   |__L-sorbose catabolic process
                                       |   |__mannose catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
                                       |   |__rhamnose catabolic process(+)
                                       |__mannose metabolic process 10 rec.
                                           |__mannose biosynthetic process
                                           |__mannose catabolic process(+) 1 rec.
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