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    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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    brine. It is composed of pentasaccharide repeat units, comprising glucose, mannose, and glucuronic acid in the molar ratio 2:2:1. A strain of X. campestris...
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    of glycans: high mannose, hybrid and complex glycans. High-mannose is, in essence, just two N-acetylglucosamines with many mannose residues, often almost...
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    3 (C3) hydrolysis, foreign material, pathogens, or damaged cells. The mannose-binding lectin pathway can be activated by C3 hydrolysis or antigens without...
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    built of α-(1,2)- and α-(1,3)- D-mannose branches (from 1 to 5 rings long), which are attached to long α-(1,6)-D-mannose chains. This specific combination...
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    is key in multiple functions: Manufacture of lysosomal enzymes with a mannose-6-phosphate marker added in the cis-Golgi network. Manufacture of secreted...
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    they are beneficial. As of  2022[update], one review found that taking mannose was as effective as antibiotics to prevent UTIs, while another review found...
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    Procalcitonin (PCT) Presepsin soluble CD14 soluble CD163 soluble CD206 (mannose receptor) soluble TREM-1 A recent study identified 15 microbial biomarkers...
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    of sugars, using Raney nickel catalysts. The conversion of glucose and mannose to sorbitol and mannitol is given as HOCH2CH(OH)CH(OH)CH(OH)CH(OH)CHO +...
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    Kalil J, Guilherme L (2008). "Association of Mannose-Binding Lectin Gene Polymorphism but Not of Mannose-Binding Serine Protease 2 with Chronic Severe...
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    paratuberculosis infection. This bacterium may produce certain compounds containing mannose, which may protect both itself and various other bacteria from phagocytosis...
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  • produce acid from turanose, lactose, galactose, melezitose, mannitol, and mannose. Most strains colonize on the skin for relatively short periods of time...
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  • early response genes. Lipoarabinomannan is synthesized via addition of mannose residues to phosphoinositol by a series of mannosyltransferases to produce...
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    laxative, demulcent, and weak expectorant. The names of both the sugar mannose and its hydrogenated sugar alcohol, mannitol, are derived from manna. Greek...
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    classified as a sugar alcohol; that is, it can be derived from a sugar (mannose) by reduction. Other sugar alcohols include xylitol and sorbitol. Mannitol...
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    apparatus. The majority of the glycans are therefore stalled as immature 'high-mannose' glycans not normally present on human glycoproteins that are secreted...
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    post-translational modification on O-mannose, which is essential for pikachurin binding to dystroglycan, so people who suffer muscle-eye-disease have an...
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    erythorbic acid. In plants, synthesis is accomplished through the conversion of mannose or galactose to ascorbic acid. In animals, the starting material is glucose...
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  • cancer therapy. O-mannosylation involves the transfer of a mannose from a dolichol-P-mannose donor molecule onto the serine or threonine residue of a protein...
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  • vaccine, from Latin morbilli (measles), parotitis (mumps) and rubella Mannose 6-phosphate receptor, a family of transmembrane proteins that help transport...
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    yeast. These include inositol phosphorylceramide, mannose inositol phosphorylceramide, and mannose diinositol phosphorylceramide. De novo sphingolipid...
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    galactose residues. In addition, the mannose-type glycans of ricin are able to bind to cells that express mannose receptors. RTB has been shown to bind...
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    post-synthetic modifications, which are aided by the following enzymes: GDP-mannose dehydratase (nysIII), P450 monooxygenase (nysL and nysN), aminotransferase...
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    galactolipids in plant cell membranes and in glycoproteins in many tissues. Mannose occurs in human metabolism, especially in the glycosylation of certain...
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    complex oligosaccharide containing galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, and mannose. It is found in the highest concentrations in uncooked red kidney beans...
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    production of glucose, digestible maltodextrins are potential risks for people with diabetes. The digestion-resistant maltodextrins (also called resistant...
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    commercially available ultra-processed food and beverages, and may be used by people as a sweetener for foods (e.g. toast and cereal) and beverages (e.g. coffee...
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  • predominantly occurs in nature in its L-form as L-rhamnose (6-deoxy-L-mannose). This is unusual, since most of the naturally occurring sugars are in...
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    adults, compared with less than 30% of people from areas of Africa, eastern and south-eastern Asia and Oceania. In people who are lactose intolerant, lactose...
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    producing gas. Although FODMAPs can cause certain digestive discomfort in some people, they produce potentially favorable alterations in the intestinal flora...
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