Term Name: glucan metabolic process
Synonyms: glucan metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucans, polysaccharides consisting only of glucose residues.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0044042]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: polysaccharide metabolic process
has subtype: alpha-glucan metabolic process beta-glucan metabolic process cellodextrin metabolic process cyclodextrin metabolic process glucan biosynthetic process glucan catabolic process glucosylglycerol metabolic process glycogen metabolic process osmoregulated periplasmic glucan metabolic process pullulan metabolic process starch metabolic process xyloglucan metabolic process