| id | GO:0008203 Detailed information
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| name | cholesterol metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. It is a component of the plasma membrane lipid bilayer and of plasma lipoproteins and can be found in all animal tissues." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "cholesterol metabolism" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0016125 ! sterol metabolic process
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