mannose transmembrane transporter activity

Term ID

GO:0015578

Synonyms

• mannose permease activity

Definition

Enables the transfer of mannose from one side of a membrane to the other. Mannose is 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. 0815340729

References

Ontology

GO: Molecular Function    QuickGO    AmiGO