EOG8642T8 GO:0005975 1/10 carbohydrate metabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways involving carbohydrates, any of a group of organic compounds based of the general formula Cx(H2O)y. Includes the formation of carbohydrate derivatives by the addition of a carbohydrate residue to another molecule." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732] EOG8642T8 GO:0016857 1/10 racemase and epimerase activity, acting on carbohydrates and derivatives molecular_function "Catalysis of a reaction that alters the configuration of one or more chiral centers in a carbohydrate molecule." [GOC:mah]