L-fucose metabolic process

Term ID

GO:0042354

Synonyms

• L-fucose metabolism

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways involving L-fucose, 6-deoxy-L-galactose, a sugar that occurs in fucans, a class of polysaccharides in seaweeds, especially Fucus species, and in the cell wall matrix of higher plants. 0198506732

References

Ontology

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