Mannose is a sugar monomer of the aldohexose series of carbohydrates. It is a C-2 epimer of glucose. Mannose is important in human metabolism, especially...
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The mannose receptor (Cluster of Differentiation 206, CD206) is a C-type lectin primarily present on the surface of macrophages, immature dendritic cells...
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Lectin pathway (redirect from Mannose-binding lectin pathway)
starts with mannose-binding lectin (MBL) or ficolin binding to certain sugars. In this pathway, mannose-binding lectin binds to mannose, glucose, or...
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The mannose 6-phosphate receptors (MPRs) are transmembrane glycoproteins that target enzymes to lysosomes in vertebrates. Mannose 6-phosphate receptors...
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enzymology, a mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase (EC 2.7.7.13) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction GTP + alpha-D-mannose 1-phosphate...
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In enzymology, a mannose isomerase (EC 5.3.1.7) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction D-mannose ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-fructose...
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Mannose receptor C-type 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the MRC1 gene. The recognition of complex carbohydrate structures on glycoproteins...
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of activated mannose in all glycolytic reactions, GDP-mannose is essential in eukaryotes. GDP-mannose is produced from GTP and mannose-6-phosphate by...
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Mannan-binding lectin (redirect from Mannose-binding protein)
Mannose-binding lectin (MBL), also called mannan-binding lectin or mannan-binding protein (MBP), is a lectin that is instrumental in innate immunity as...
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enzymology, a mannose-1-phosphate guanylyltransferase (GDP) (EC 2.7.7.22) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction GDP + alpha-D-mannose 1-phosphate...
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