choline metabolic process

I. Involved cell types

Genes
Cell types
No. of supported studies
Group 1
ENPP6
oligodendrocyte
6 studies
Group 2
DMGDH
epithelial cellneuronconnective tissue cellglial cell
17 studies
Group 3
BCHE
oligodendrocyte precursor cellmesothelial cellmyofibroblast cell
34 studies

II. Literature review

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Namecholine metabolic process
IDGO_0019695
collection_id

Biological process

Exact synonym

choline metabolism

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving choline (2-hydroxyethyltrimethylammonium), an amino alcohol that occurs widely in living organisms as a constituent of certain types of phospholipids and in the neurotransmitter acetylcholine.

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Genes
DMGDHBCHEENPP6