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The chemical reactions and pathways involving alditols, any polyhydric alcohol derived from the acyclic form of a monosaccharide by reduction of its aldehyde or keto group to an alcoholic group. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the breakdown of galactitol, the hexitol derived by the reduction of the aldehyde group of either D- or L-galactose. The chemical reactions and pathways involving galactitol, the hexitol derived by the reduction of the aldehyde group of either D- or L-galactose. The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of galactitol, the hexitol derived by the reduction of the aldehyde group of either D- or L-galactose. The chemical reactions and pathways involving hexitols, any alditol with a chain of six carbon atoms in the molecule.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: galactitol metabolic process
Acc: GO:0019402
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The chemical reactions and pathways involving galactitol, the hexitol derived by the reduction of the aldehyde group of either D- or L-galactose.
Synonyms:
  • galactitol metabolism
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 4 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 5 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0019402 - galactitol metabolic process (interactive image map)
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