Term Name:	glycogen metabolic process
Synonyms:	glycogen metabolism
Definition:	The chemical reactions and pathways involving glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues in alpha-(1->4) glycosidic linkage, joined together by alpha-(1->6) glycosidic linkages.
Ontology:	GO: Biological Process [GO:0005977] QuickGO AmiGO

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is a type of:	energy reserve metabolic process glucan metabolic process
has subtype:	glycogen biosynthetic process glycogen catabolic process
negatively regulated by:	negative regulation of glycogen metabolic process
positively regulated by:	positive regulation of glycogen metabolic process
regulated by:	regulation of glycogen metabolic process