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GO: Biological Process

mannose metabolic process

Term ID
GO:0006013
Synonyms
  • mannose metabolism
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways involving mannose, the aldohexose manno-hexose, the C-2 epimer of glucose. The D-(+)-form is widely distributed in mannans and hemicelluloses and is of major importance in the core oligosaccharide of N-linked oligosaccharides of glycoproteins. 0198506732
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Ontology
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