GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006664 - glycolipid metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006664
- Name
- glycolipid metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- Definition
- The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycolipids, a class of 1,2-di-O-acylglycerols joined at oxygen 3 by a glycosidic linkage to a carbohydrate part (usually a mono-, di- or tri-saccharide). Some substances classified as bacterial glycolipids have the sugar group acylated by one or more fatty acids and the glycerol group may be absent.
