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cholesterol metabolic process (GO:0008203)
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sterol metabolic process  +
cholesterol metabolic process    
The chemical reactions and pathways involving cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. It is a component of the plasma membrane lipid bilayer and of plasma lipoproteins and can be found in all animal tissues.
ecdysone metabolic process  
ergosterol metabolic process    
sterol acetylation
sterol biosynthetic process    
sterol catabolic process    
sterol deacetylation
zymosterol metabolic process  
cholesterol biosynthetic process  +  
cholesterol catabolic process  
cholesterol ester hydrolysis involved in cholesterol transport
negative regulation of cholesterol metabolic process  +  
peptidyl-glycine cholesteryl ester biosynthesis from peptidyl-glycine
positive regulation of cholesterol metabolic process  +  
regulation of cholesterol metabolic process  +  

Synonyms
exact_synonym: cholesterol metabolism

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