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The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingolipids, any of a class of lipids containing the long-chain amine diol sphingosine or a closely related base (a sphingoid). The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingomyelin, N-acyl-4-sphingenyl-1-O-phosphorylcholine, any of a class of phospholipids in which the amino group of sphingosine is in amide linkage with one of several fatty acids, while the terminal hydroxyl group of sphingosine is esterified to phosphorylcholine. The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycosphingolipids, any compound with residues of sphingoid and at least one monosaccharide. The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingoids, any of a class of compounds comprising sphinganine and its homologues and stereoisomers, and derivatives of these compounds. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sphingolipids, any of a class of lipids containing the long-chain amine diol sphingosine or a closely related base (a sphingoid). The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of sphingolipids, any of a class of lipids containing the long-chain amine diol sphingosine or a closely related base (a sphingoid). The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, as carried out by individual cells. The chemical reactions and pathways involving membrane lipids, any lipid found in or associated with a biological membrane.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: sphingolipid metabolic process
Acc: GO:0006665
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingolipids, any of a class of lipids containing the long-chain amine diol sphingosine or a closely related base (a sphingoid).
Synonyms:
  • sphingolipid metabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 81 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 290 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0006665 - sphingolipid metabolic process (interactive image map)
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