Term Information

Accession
GO:0044042
Name
glucan metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glucan metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. Source: GOC:jl
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0044042 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of glucan metabolic process (GO:0044042)
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glucan metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  polysaccharide metabolic process (GO:0005976)
Children of glucan metabolic process (GO:0044042)
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starch metabolic process (GO:0005982) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
glucan catabolic process (GO:0009251) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
osmoregulated periplasmic glucan metabolic process (GO:1900725) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
cellodextrin metabolic process (GO:2000889) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
beta-glucan metabolic process (GO:0051273) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
alpha-glucan metabolic process (GO:0030978) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
glucosylglycerol metabolic process (GO:0051472) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
glycogen metabolic process (GO:0005977) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
pullulan metabolic process (GO:0051676) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
xyloglucan metabolic process (GO:0010411) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
cyclodextrin metabolic process (GO:2000900) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
glucan biosynthetic process (GO:0009250) [is_a relation] is_a  glucan metabolic process
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