| Term Name: | mannose transmembrane transport |
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| Synonyms: | mannose transport |
| Definition: | The process in which mannose is transported across a lipid bilayer, 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. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0015761] QuickGO AmiGO |