GO biological process ontology term - GO:0006013 - mannose metabolic process
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0006013
- Name
- mannose metabolic process
- Ontology or CV name
- GO biological process
- 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.
