Term Name: fucose metabolic process
Synonyms: fucose metabolism
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways involving fucose, or 6-deoxygalactose, which has two enantiomers, D-fucose and L-fucose.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006004]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: hexose metabolic process
has subtype: fucose biosynthetic process fucose catabolic process L-fucose metabolic process