mannose metabolic process

I. Involved cell types

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No. of supported studies
Group 15 studies
Group 228 studies
Group 313 studies
Group 46 studies

II. Literature review

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Namemannose metabolic process
IDGO_0006013
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Biological process

Exact synonym

mannose metabolism

Description

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.

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