| id | GO:0046470 Detailed information
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| name | phosphatidylcholine metabolic process
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| namespace | biological_process
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| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving phosphatidylcholines, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which the phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of choline. They are important constituents of cell membranes." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
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| subset | gosubset_prok
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| synonym | "phosphatidylcholine metabolism" EXACT []
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| is_a | GO:0006650 ! glycerophospholipid metabolic process
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| is_a | GO:0042439 ! ethanolamine-containing compound metabolic process
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