Molecular Function
carbohydrate metabolism
car·bo·hy·drate me·tab·o·lism [ kahr-boh-hahy-dreyt, -buh- muh-tab-uh-liz-uhm ]
Subclass of:
Metabolism
Definitions related to carbohydrate metabolism:
  • Cellular processes in biosynthesis (anabolism) and degradation (catabolism) of CARBOHYDRATES.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
  • Sum of chemical changes that occur within the tissues of an organism consisting of anabolism (biosynthesis) and catabolism of carbohydrates; the buildup and breakdown of carbohydrates for utilization by the organism.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • (carbohydrate metabolic process) Processes concerned with the synthesis, breakdown, and oxidation of carbohydrates in the tissues.
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (carbohydrate metabolic process) The chemical reactions and pathways involving carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y. Includes the formation of carbohydrate derivatives by the addition of a carbohydrate residue to another molecule.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
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