Term Name: amino sugar metabolic process
Synonyms: amino sugar metabolism, aminosaccharide metabolic process, aminosaccharide metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving any amino sugar, sugars containing an amino group in place of a hydroxyl group.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006040]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: carbohydrate derivative metabolic process
has subtype: amino sugar biosynthetic process amino sugar catabolic process chitin metabolic process fructosamine metabolic process glucosamine metabolic process lipid X metabolic process N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process N-acetylmannosamine metabolic process N-acetylneuraminate metabolic process UDP-N-acetylgalactosamine metabolic process UDP-N-acetylglucosamine metabolic process