Term Name: nucleotide-sugar metabolic process
Synonyms: nucleotide-sugar metabolism
Definition: The cellular chemical reactions and pathways involving nucleotide-sugars, any nucleotide-carbohydrate in which the distal phosphoric residue of a nucleoside 5'-diphosphate is in glycosidic linkage with a monosaccharide or monosaccharide derivative.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009225]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: carbohydrate derivative metabolic process nucleoside phosphate metabolic process
has subtype: ADP-L-glycero-beta-D-manno-heptose metabolic process CMP-keto-3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid metabolic process CMP-N-acetylneuraminate metabolic process dTDP-mannose metabolic process dTDP-rhamnose metabolic process GDP-D-rhamnose metabolic process GDP-L-fucose metabolic process GDP-L-galactose metabolic process GDP-mannose metabolic process nucleotide-sugar biosynthetic process nucleotide-sugar catabolic process UDP-4-deoxy-4-formamido-beta-L-arabinopyranose metabolic process UDP-alpha-D-glucose metabolic process UDP-D-apiose metabolic process UDP-D-galactose metabolic process UDP-D-galacturonate metabolic process UDP-D-xylose metabolic process UDP-glucuronate metabolic process UDP-L-arabinose metabolic process UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine metabolic process UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process UDP-rhamnose metabolic process