Glucose metabolism

Glucose metabolism refers to the biochemical processes responsible for the formation, breakdown and interconversion of carbohydrates, which include glucose and its various forms such as the aldohexose glucohexose and D-glucose (dextrose), in living organisms. Glucose species molecules are an important source of energy for living organisms and is found free as well as combined in oligosaccharides and polysaccharides.Processes involving glucose metabolism is conserved in metazoans.

Hedgehog signaling

A conserved regulatory cascade that is important in vertebrates and Drosophila for patterning and cell proliferation during development. The main components in this pathway are Hedgehog (Hh), mammalian Sonic hedgehog (Shh), skinny hedgehog (Ski), dispatched (Disp), patched (Ptch), and Smoothened (Smo). C. elegans lacks true Hh and Smo orthologs; however, it does have orthologs of Ski, Disp, and Ptch along with multiple hegdgehog-related (Hh-r), Patched (PTC) and patched-related (PTR) genes.