phosphatidylethanolamine metabolic process
The chemical reactions and pathways involving phosphatidylethanolamine, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which a phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of ethanolamine. It is a major structural phospholipid in mammalian systems. It tends to be more abundant than phosphatidylcholine in the internal membranes of the cell and is an abundant component of prokaryotic membranes.
GO:0006650
glycerophospholipid metabolic process
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phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism
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SPAC25B8.03 SPAC31G5.15 SPAC15E1.05c SPCC1442.12 SPBC16E9.18 SPAC13G7.12c SPBC16A3.10 SPAC22A12.10