ZFIN GO: Biological Process: cholesterol metabolic process

OBO ID: GO:0008203

Term Name:	cholesterol metabolic process		Search Ontology:
Synonyms:	cholesterol metabolism
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways involving cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. It is a component of the plasma membrane lipid bilayer and of plasma lipoproteins and can be found in all animal tissues. 0198506732
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Ontology:	GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO

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is a type of:	secondary alcohol metabolic process sterol metabolic process secondary alcohol metabolic process sterol metabolic process Show first 5 Terms
has subtype:	cholesterol biosynthetic process cholesterol catabolic process cholesterol ester hydrolysis involved in cholesterol transport peptidyl-glycine cholesteryl ester biosynthesis from peptidyl-glycine cholesterol biosynthetic process cholesterol catabolic process cholesterol ester hydrolysis involved in cholesterol transport peptidyl-glycine cholesteryl ester biosynthesis from peptidyl-glycine Show first 5 Terms
negatively regulated by:	negative regulation of cholesterol metabolic process negative regulation of cholesterol metabolic process Show first 5 Terms
positively regulated by:	positive regulation of cholesterol metabolic process positive regulation of cholesterol metabolic process Show first 5 Terms
regulated by:	regulation of cholesterol metabolic process regulation of cholesterol metabolic process Show first 5 Terms

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