L-arabinose metabolic process

Term ID

GO:0046373

Synonyms

• L-arabinose metabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving L-arabinose, the D-enantiomer of arabino-pentose. L-arabinose occurs free, e.g. in the heartwood of many conifers, and in the combined state, in both furanose and pyranose forms, as a constituent of various plant hemicelluloses, bacterial polysaccharides etc. 0198506732

References

Ontology

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