sphingosine metabolic process (Q14913820)
The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.
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aliases GO:0006670
 sphing-4-enine metabolism
 sphing-4-enine metabolic process
 (4E)-sphing-4-enine metabolism
 (4E)-sphing-4-enine metabolic process
 sphingosine metabolism
description The chemical reactions and pathways involving sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.

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(P686) GO:0006670
(P2892) C1156527