GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006006 - glucose metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006006
- Name
- glucose metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucose, the aldohexose gluco-hexose. D-glucose is dextrorotatory and is sometimes known as dextrose; it is an important source of energy for living organisms and is found free as well as combined in homo- and hetero-oligosaccharides and polysaccharides.
