monosaccharide transmembrane transport

Term ID

GO:0015749

Synonyms

• monosaccharide transport

Definition

The process in which a monosaccharide is transported across a lipid bilayer, from one side of a membrane to the other. Monosaccharides are the simplest carbohydrates; they are polyhydric alcohols containing either an aldehyde or a keto group and between three to ten or more carbon atoms. They form the constitutional repeating units of oligo- and polysaccharides.

References

Ontology

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