sphingosine metabolic process

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Namesphingosine metabolic process
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Biological process

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(4E)-sphing-4-enine metabolic process, (4E)-sphing-4-enine metabolism, sphing-4-enine metabolic process, sphing-4-enine metabolism, sphingosine metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.

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