id | GO:0006678   Detailed information
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  name | glucosylceramide metabolic process
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  namespace | biological_process
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  def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of glucose by a ceramide group. They are neutral glycolipids containing equimolar amounts of fatty acid, glucose, and sphingosine or a sphingosine derivative." [CHEBI:36500, GOC:curators, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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  subset | gosubset_prok
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  synonym | "glucosylceramide metabolism" EXACT []
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  is_a | GO:0006677 ! glycosylceramide metabolic process
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  is_a | GO:0006687 ! glycosphingolipid metabolic process
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