id | GO:0006629   Detailed information |
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  name | lipid metabolic process |
  namespace | biological_process |
  def | "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." [GOC:ma] |
  subset | goslim_aspergillus |
  subset | goslim_candida |
  subset | goslim_generic |
  subset | goslim_metagenomics |
  subset | goslim_pir |
  subset | goslim_plant |
  subset | goslim_pombe |
  subset | goslim_yeast |
  subset | gosubset_prok |
  is_a | GO:0044238 ! primary metabolic process |