heparan sulfate proteoglycan metabolic process

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Nameheparan sulfate proteoglycan metabolic process
IDGO_0030201
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Biological process

Exact synonym

heparan sulfate proteoglycan metabolism, heparan sulphate proteoglycan metabolic process, heparan sulphate proteoglycan metabolism

Related synonym

heparin proteoglycan metabolic process

Description

The chemical reactions and pathways involving any proteoglycan containing heparan sulfate, any member of a group of glycosaminoglycans that have repeat units consisting of alternating alpha-(1->4)-linked hexuronic acid and glucosamine residues, the former being a mixture of sulfated and nonsulfated D-glucuronic and L-iduronic acids, and the latter being either sulfated or acetylated on its amino group as well as sulfated on one of its hydroxyl groups.

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