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The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of beta-glucans. The chemical reactions and pathways involving polysaccharides, polymers of more than 10 monosaccharide residues joined by glycosidic linkages, as carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-glucans, compounds composed of glucose residues linked by beta-D-glucosidic bonds. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of beta-glucans. The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-glucans, compounds composed of glucose residues linked by beta-D-glucosidic bonds, found in the walls of cells. The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-1,6 glucans, compounds composed of glucose residues linked by 1,6-beta-D-glucosidic bonds. The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-1,3 glucans, compounds composed of glucose residues linked by 1,3-beta-D-glucosidic bonds. The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues. Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-glucans. The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: beta-glucan metabolic process
Acc: GO:0051273
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways involving beta-glucans, compounds composed of glucose residues linked by beta-D-glucosidic bonds.
Synonyms:
  • beta-glucan metabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 0
   Term or descendants: 53 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0051273 - beta-glucan metabolic process (interactive image map)
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