Term Name: oligosaccharide metabolic process
Synonyms: multicellular organismal oligosaccharide metabolic process, oligosaccharide metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving oligosaccharides, molecules with between two and (about) 20 monosaccharide residues connected by glycosidic linkages.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009311]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: carbohydrate metabolic process
has subtype: cellodextrin metabolic process cellooligosaccharide metabolic process cellotriose metabolic process cyclodextrin metabolic process disaccharide metabolic process maltoheptaose metabolic process oligosaccharide biosynthetic process oligosaccharide catabolic process raffinose metabolic process stachyose metabolic process