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

References

Ontology

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