Mannan
Mannan is a plant polysaccharide that is a polymer of the sugar mannose.[1]
Detection of mannan leads to lysis in the mannan-binding lectin pathway.It is generally found in yeast, bacteria and plants. It shows α(1-4) linkage. It is a form of storage polysaccharide.
See also
Mannan Oligosaccharides (MOS)
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Ketohexose (Psicose, Fructose, Sorbose, Tagatose)
Aldohexose (Allose, Altrose, Glucose, Mannose, Gulose, Idose, Galactose, Talose)
Deoxy sugar ( Fucose, Fuculose, Rhamnose)
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biochemical families: prot · nucl · carb (glpr, alco, glys) · lipd (fata/i, phld, strd, gllp, eico) · amac/i · ncbs/i · ttpy/i
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