WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0006629

GO:0006629 Name: lipid metabolic process
  Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
  Synonym: Exact: lipid metabolism
  Status: Valid
  Type: Biological_process
  Child: Instance: GO:0008202
      GO:0008610
      GO:0016042
      GO:0044255
      GO:1900555
      GO:1901568
      GO:1903509
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0044238
      GO:0071704
  Attributes_of: Motif (32)
    Index: Ancestor: GO:0008150
        GO:0008152
        GO:0044238
        GO:0071704
      Descendant (765)
    GO_annotation (873)
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15