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phosphatidylethanolamine metabolic process
Description
"The chemical reactions and pathways involving phosphatidylethanolamine, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which a phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of ethanolamine. It is a major structural phospholipid in mammalian systems. It tends to be more abundant than phosphatidylcholine in the internal membranes of the cell and is an abundant component of prokaryotic membranes." [http://cancerweb.ncl.ac.uk/, ISBN:0198506732 "Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology"]
Terms
phosphatidylethanolamine metabolismEnglish- exact synonym
Identifier
GO:0046337
