Term Information

Accession
GO:0046478
Name
lactosylceramide metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
lactosylceramide metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving lactosylceramides, Gal-beta-(1->4)-Glc-beta-(1->1') ceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic C1 hydroxyl group of lactose by a ceramide group. They are the precursors of both gangliosides and globosides. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046478 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of lactosylceramide metabolic process (GO:0046478)
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lactosylceramide metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycosphingolipid metabolic process (GO:0006687)
lactosylceramide metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  ceramide metabolic process (GO:0006672)
Children of lactosylceramide metabolic process (GO:0046478)
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lactosylceramide biosynthetic process (GO:0001572) [is_a relation] is_a  lactosylceramide metabolic process
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