Send us a Message



Submit Data |  Help |  Video Tutorials |  News |  Publications |  Download |  REST API |  Citing RGD |  Contact   

Ontology Browser

Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
CDP-diacylglycerol metabolic process +   
glycerophospholipid biosynthetic process +   
glycerophospholipid catabolic process +   
lysobisphosphatidic acid metabolic process +   
phosphatidic acid metabolic process +   
phosphatidylcholine metabolic process +   
phosphatidylethanolamine metabolic process +   
The chemical reactions and pathways involving phosphatidylethanolamine, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which a phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of ethanolamine. It is a major structural phospholipid in mammalian systems. It tends to be more abundant than phosphatidylcholine in the internal membranes of the cell and is an abundant component of prokaryotic membranes.
phosphatidylglycerol metabolic process +   
phosphatidylinositol metabolic process +   
phosphatidylserine metabolic process +   
platelet activating factor metabolic process +   
preassembly of GPI anchor in ER membrane  

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: phosphatidylethanolamine metabolism
Definition Sources: GOC:curators, ISBN:0198506732

paths to the root