glucose metabolic process

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Accession
GO:0006006
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
exact: cellular glucose metabolic process
exact: glucose metabolism
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving glucose, the aldohexose gluco-hexose. D-glucose is dextrorotatory and is sometimes known as dextrose; it is an important source of energy for living organisms and is found free as well as combined in homo- and hetero-oligosaccharides and polysaccharides. [source: ISBN:0198506732]
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