Mannuronic acid

Mannuronic acid is a uronic acid monosaccharide that can be derived from mannose.^[1] Along with l-guluronic acid, d-mannuronic acid is a component of alginic acid, a polysaccharide found predominantly in brown algae.^[2] Mannuronic acid is also incorporated into some bacterial capsular polysaccharides.^[3]

Mannuronic acid

β-d-mannopyranuronic acid
Names
IUPAC name β-d-mannopyranuronic acid
Other names Mannopyranuronic acid, ManA
Identifiers
CAS Number	6906-37-2 N[EPA]
3D model (JSmol)	Interactive image
ChEBI	CHEBI:79047
ChemSpider	73320 Y
KEGG	C02024
PubChem CID	439630
InChI InChI=1S/C6H10O7/c7-1-2(8)4(5(10)11)13-6(12)3(1)9/h1-4,6-9,12H,(H,10,11)/t1-,2-,3-,4-,6?/m0/s1 Key: AEMOLEFTQBMNLQ-VANFPWTGSA-N
SMILES [C@@H]1([C@@H]([C@H](OC([C@H]1O)O)C(=O)O)O)O
Properties
Chemical formula	C6H10O7
Molar mass	194.139 g·mol−1
Related compounds
Related uronic acids	Alluronic acid, Altruronic acid, Arabinuronic acid, Fructuronic acid, Galacturonic acid, Glucuronic acid, Guluronic acid, Iduronic acid, Lyxuronic acid, Psicuronic acid, Riburonic acid, Ribuluronic acid, Sorburonic acid, Tagaturonic acid, Taluronic acid, Xyluluronic acid, Xyluronic acid
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa). Infobox references