A nucleoside diphosphate sugar which can be converted to the deoxy sugar GDPfucose, which provides fucose for lipopolysaccharides of bacterial cell walls. Also acts as mannose donor for glycolipid synthesis.
Also Known As:
GDP Mannose; Diphosphate Mannose, Guanosine; Diphosphomannose, Guanosine; Mannose, GDP; Mannose, Guanosine Diphosphate; Mannose, Guanosine Pyrophosphate; Pyrophosphate Mannose, Guanosine; Guanosine Diphosphomannose; Guanosine Pyrophosphate Mannose; Guanosine 5'-(trihydrogen diphosphate), mono-alpha-D-mannopyranosyl ester