GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006000 - fructose metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006000
- Name
- fructose metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways involving fructose, the ketohexose arabino-2-hexulose. Fructose exists in a open chain form or as a ring compound. D-fructose is the sweetest of the sugars and is found free in a large number of fruits and honey.
