Term Name: polysaccharide metabolic process
Synonyms: glycan metabolic process, glycan metabolism, multicellular organismal polysaccharide metabolic process, polysaccharide metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving a polysaccharide, a polymer of many (typically more than 10) monosaccharide residues linked glycosidically.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0005976]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: carbohydrate metabolic process macromolecule metabolic process
has subtype: 4,6-pyruvylated galactose residue metabolic process alginic acid metabolic process apiogalacturonan metabolic process arabinan metabolic process cell wall polysaccharide metabolic process enterobacterial common antigen metabolic process fructan metabolic process galacturonan metabolic process glucan metabolic process K antigen metabolic process mannogen metabolic process O antigen metabolic process polysaccharide biosynthetic process polysaccharide catabolic process substituted mannan metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of polysaccharide metabolic process