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Mannose
Mannose
is a
sugar
monomer
of the
aldohexose
series of
carbohydrates
. Mannose is a C-2
epimer
of
glucose
. Mannose is important in human metabolism, especially in the
glycosylation
of certain proteins. Several
congenital disorders of glycosylation
are associated with mutations in enzymes involved in mannose metabolism.
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