rhamnose metabolic process

id: GO:0019299
name: rhamnose metabolic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways involving rhamnose, the hexose 6-deoxy-L-mannose. Rhamnose occurs commonly as a compound of plant glycosides, in polysaccharides of gums and mucilages, and in bacterial polysaccharides. It is also a component of some plant cell wall polysaccharides and frequently acts as the sugar components of flavonoids.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019300rhamnose biosynthetic process
GO:0019301rhamnose catabolic process

Parent Functions

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GO:0019318hexose metabolic process