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Term Name | monosaccharide metabolic process |
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Term Accession | GO:0005996 |
Aspect | biological_process |
Synonyms (1) | monosaccharide metabolism |
Definition | The chemical reactions and pathways involving monosaccharides, 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. |
Comment | None |
Source Ontology Database | The GO browser of Gene Ontology Database |
ISBN: | 0198506732 |