biological_process Term "sphingomyelin metabolic process" (GO:0006684)

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biological_process Term "sphingomyelin metabolic process" (GO:0006684)

Term Name	sphingomyelin metabolic process
Term Accession	GO:0006684
Aspect	biological_process
Synonyms (1)	sphingomyelin metabolism
Definition	The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine, any of a class of phospholipids in which the amino group of sphingosine is in amide linkage with one of several fatty acids, while the terminal hydroxyl group of sphingosine is esterified to phosphorylcholine.
Comment	None
Source Ontology Database	The GO browser of Gene Ontology Database

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Derivation

biological_process (GO:0008150) #8951

[i] metabolic process (GO:0008152) #33238

[i] cellular metabolic process (GO:0044237) #2390

[i] phosphorus metabolic process (GO:0006793) #10

[i] phosphate-containing compound metabolic process (GO:0006796) #321

[i] phospholipid metabolic process (GO:0006644) #154

[i] sphingomyelin metabolic process (GO:0006684) #0

[i] sphingomyelin catabolic process (GO:0006685) #0

[i] sphingomyelin biosynthetic process (GO:0006686) #5

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ISBN:

0198506732

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