monosaccharide metabolic process

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005996

The chemical reactions and pathways involving monosaccharides, the simplest carbohydrates. They are polyhydric alcohols containing either an aldehyde or a keto group and between three to ten or more carbon atoms. They form the constitutional repeating units of oligo- and polysaccharides. [ http://openisbn.com/search.php?q=0198506732&isbn=1/ ]

Synonyms: monosaccharide metabolism

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biological_process

GO:0005996

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Equivalent to:

metabolic process and has primary input or output some monosaccharide

Subclass of:

small molecule metabolic process
carbohydrate metabolic process
has primary input or output some monosaccharide