OBO ID: GO:0006006 |
Term Name: | glucose metabolic process | Search Ontology: | |
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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. 0198506732 | ||
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Ontology: | GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO |