glucose metabolic process GO:0006006 Reactome:REACT_101127 Reactome:REACT_101310 Reactome:REACT_102479 Reactome:REACT_102806 Reactome:REACT_104683 Reactome:REACT_105053 Reactome:REACT_106618 Reactome:REACT_29390 Reactome:REACT_30713 Reactome:REACT_30754 Reactome:REACT_32548 Reactome:REACT_723 Reactome:REACT_80637 Reactome:REACT_81545 Reactome:REACT_85067 Reactome:REACT_85844 Reactome:REACT_94241 Reactome:REACT_97466 Reactome:REACT_98401 Reactome:REACT_98764 Reactome:REACT_99558 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. biological_process cellular glucose metabolic process glucose metabolism go.owl obi.owl hexose metabolic process