Term Name: oligosaccharide metabolic process
Synonyms: multicellular organismal oligosaccharide metabolic process, oligosaccharide metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving oligosaccharides, molecules with between two and (about) 20 monosaccharide residues connected by glycosidic linkages.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0009311]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: carbohydrate metabolic process
has subtype: 6-alpha-maltosylglucose metabolic process ajugose metabolic process cellodextrin metabolic process cellooligosaccharide metabolic process cellotriose metabolic process cyclodextrin metabolic process disaccharide metabolic process lipopolysaccharide core region metabolic process maltoheptaose metabolic process oligosaccharide biosynthetic process oligosaccharide catabolic process raffinose metabolic process stachyose metabolic process verbascose metabolic process