id | GO:0019321 Detailed information |
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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] |
subset | gosubset_prok |
is_a | GO:0005996 ! monosaccharide metabolic process |