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Accession
GO:0006641
Name
triglyceride metabolic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
triacylglycerol metabolic process, triacylglycerol metabolism, triglyceride metabolism
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving triglyceride, any triester of glycerol. The three fatty acid residues may all be the same or differ in any permutation. Triglycerides are important components of plant oils, animal fats and animal plasma lipoproteins. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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History
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Subset
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Parents of triglyceride metabolic process (GO:0006641)
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triglyceride metabolic process [is_a relation] is_a  acylglycerol metabolic process (GO:0006639)
triglyceride metabolic process [RO:0004007 relation] RO:0004007  triglyceride (CHEBI:17855)
Children of triglyceride metabolic process (GO:0006641)
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positive regulation of triglyceride metabolic process (GO:0090208) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  triglyceride metabolic process
triglyceride acyl-chain remodeling (GO:0036153) [is_a relation] is_a  triglyceride metabolic process
negative regulation of triglyceride metabolic process (GO:0090209) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  triglyceride metabolic process
triglyceride mobilization (GO:0006642) [is_a relation] is_a  triglyceride metabolic process
regulation of triglyceride metabolic process (GO:0090207) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  triglyceride metabolic process
triglyceride biosynthetic process (GO:0019432) [is_a relation] is_a  triglyceride metabolic process
triglyceride catabolic process (GO:0019433) [is_a relation] is_a  triglyceride metabolic process
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