phosphatidylethanolamine metabolic process

Term ID

GO:0046337

Synonyms

• phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving phosphatidylethanolamine, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which a phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of ethanolamine. It is a major structural phospholipid in mammalian systems. It tends to be more abundant than phosphatidylcholine in the internal membranes of the cell and is an abundant component of prokaryotic membranes. 0198506732

References

Ontology

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