Term Name: glucose metabolic process
Synonyms: cellular glucose metabolic process, 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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006006]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: hexose metabolic process
has subtype: gluconeogenesis glucose catabolic process glycolytic fermentation to butanediol glycolytic fermentation to ethanol mixed acid fermentation non-phosphorylated glucose metabolic process poly(hydroxyalkanoate) biosynthetic process from glucose sucrose catabolic process via 3'-ketosucrose
positively regulated by: positive regulation of glucose metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of glucose metabolic process