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sphingosine metabolic process |
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- (4E)-sphing-4-enine metabolic process
- (4E)-sphing-4-enine metabolism
- sphing-4-enine metabolic process
- sphing-4-enine metabolism
- sphingosine metabolism
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| Definition: |
The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.
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GO: Biological Process
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