Term Name: lipid metabolic process
Synonyms: lipid metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving lipids, compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. Includes fatty acids; neutral fats, other fatty-acid esters, and soaps; long-chain (fatty) alcohols and waxes; sphingoids and other long-chain bases; glycolipids, phospholipids and sphingolipids; and carotenes, polyprenols, sterols, terpenes and other isoprenoids.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006629]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: primary metabolic process
has subtype: emericellamide metabolic process ether lipid metabolic process fatty acid derivative metabolic process fatty acid metabolic process glycerolipid metabolic process isoprenoid metabolic process lipid biosynthetic process lipid catabolic process lipid modification liposaccharide metabolic process membrane lipid metabolic process neutral lipid metabolic process phospholipid metabolic process steroid metabolic process sulfolipid metabolic process
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of lipid metabolic process
positively regulated by: positive regulation of lipid metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of lipid metabolic process