Term Name: lipid metabolic process
Synonyms: lipid metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006629]   QuickGO   AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: organic substance metabolic process primary metabolic process
has subtype: cellular lipid metabolic process emericellamide metabolic process fatty acid derivative metabolic process lipid biosynthetic process lipid catabolic process liposaccharide metabolic process steroid metabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of lipid metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of lipid metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of lipid metabolic process