Ontologies
PATO
Phenotype And Trait Ontology (PATO)
OWL
Last submission date February 1, 2025
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0006629
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0006629
https://agroportal.lirmm.fr/ontologies/PATO/GO_0006629
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Preferred name

lipid metabolic process

Synonyms
lipid metabolism
Definitions
The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
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