Term Information

Accession

GO:0006013

Ontology

biological process

Synonyms

exact: 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. [source: ISBN:0198506732]

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External References

InterPro (2)

• IPR010819
• IPR011682

Pfam (2)

• PF07221
• PF07748

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