| id | GO:0019321 Detailed information |
|---|---|
| name | pentose metabolic process |
| namespace | biological_process |
| def | "The chemical reactions and pathways involving a pentose, any monosaccharide with a chain of five carbon atoms in the molecule." [ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"] |
| subset | gosubset_prok |
| synonym | "pentose metabolism" EXACT [] |
| is_a | GO:0005996 ! monosaccharide metabolic process |