Term Information

Accession
GO:0016125
Name
sterol metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sterol metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. Source: ISBN:0198547684
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0016125 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of sterol metabolic process (GO:0016125)
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sterol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  steroid metabolic process (GO:0008202)
sterol metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic hydroxy compound metabolic process (GO:1901615)
Children of sterol metabolic process (GO:0016125)
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sterol biosynthetic process (GO:0016126) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process
ecdysone metabolic process (GO:0008205) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process
sterol catabolic process (GO:0016127) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process
zymosterol metabolic process (GO:0036196) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process
ergosterol metabolic process (GO:0008204) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process
cholesterol metabolic process (GO:0008203) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process
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