Planteome: Term Details for "heparin metabolic process" (GO:0030202)

Accession: GO:0030202
Name: heparin metabolic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: heparin metabolism, heparan sulfate metabolic process
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving heparin, any member of a group of glycosaminoglycans found mainly as an intracellular component of mast cells. They are similar to heparan sulfates but are of somewhat higher average Mr (6000-20000) and contain fewer N-acetyl groups and more N-sulfate and O-sulfate groups; they may be attached in the same manner to protein, forming proteoglycans. They consist predominantly of alternating alpha-(1->4)-linked D-galactose and N-acetyl-D-glucosamine-6-sulfate residues. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:mah
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0030202 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to heparin metabolic process.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to heparin metabolic process.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for heparin metabolic process.
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subject	relation	object
heparin metabolic process	is_a	sulfur compound metabolic process (GO:0006790)
heparin metabolic process	is_a	mucopolysaccharide metabolic process (GO:1903510)

subject	relation	object
heparin biosynthetic process (GO:0030210)	is_a	heparin metabolic process
heparin catabolic process (GO:0030211)	is_a	heparin metabolic process

heparin metabolic process