phosphatidylcholine metabolic process [GO_0046470]

The chemical reactions and pathways involving phosphatidylcholines, any of a class of glycerophospholipids in which the phosphatidyl group is esterified to the hydroxyl group of choline. They are important constituents of cell membranes.

Open phosphatidylcholine metabolic process in VFB

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