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The addition of O-acetyl ester groups to alginic acid, a linear polymer of D-mannuronate and L-guluronate. The chemical reactions and pathways involving mannan, a group of polysaccharides containing a backbone composed of a polymer of D-mannose units. The chemical reactions and pathways involving alginic acid, a hydrophilic polysaccharide occurring in, for example, the cell walls of brown algae (brown seaweeds). The chemical reactions and pathways involving carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (COOH) groups or anions (COO-).

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: alginic acid acetylation
Acc: GO:0051979
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The addition of O-acetyl ester groups to alginic acid, a linear polymer of D-mannuronate and L-guluronate.
Synonyms:
  • alginate acetylation
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 0
   Term or descendants: 0


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0051979 - alginic acid acetylation (interactive image map)
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