| id | GO:0006071 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | glycerol metabolic process |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids." [GOC:ai, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| synonym | "glycerol metabolism" EXACT [] |
| xref | MetaCyc:GLYCEROLMETAB-PWY |
| is_a | GO:0019400 ! alditol metabolic process |