EOG86HJRS GO:0019318 76/195 hexose metabolic process biological_process "The chemical reactions and pathways involving a hexose, any monosaccharide with a chain of six carbon atoms in the molecule." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG86HJRS GO:0030246 76/195 carbohydrate binding molecular_function "Interacting selectively and non-covalently with any carbohydrate, which includes monosaccharides, oligosaccharides and polysaccharides as well as substances derived from monosaccharides by reduction of the carbonyl group (alditols), by oxidation of one or more hydroxy groups to afford the corresponding aldehydes, ketones, or carboxylic acids, or by replacement of one or more hydroxy group(s) by a hydrogen atom. Cyclitols are generally not regarded as carbohydrates." [CHEBI:16646, GOC:mah] EOG86HJRS GO:0004034 60/195 aldose 1-epimerase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the reaction: alpha-D-glucose = beta-D-glucose. Also acts on L-arabinose, D-xylose, D-galactose, maltose and lactose." [EC:5.1.3.3] EOG86HJRS GO:0016853 16/195 isomerase activity molecular_function "Catalysis of the geometric or structural changes within one molecule. Isomerase is the systematic name for any enzyme of EC class 5." [ISBN:0198506732] EOG86HJRS GO:0005576 1/195 extracellular region cellular_component "The space external to the outermost structure of a cell. For cells without external protective or external encapsulating structures this refers to space outside of the plasma membrane. This term covers the host cell environment outside an intracellular parasite." [GOC:go_curators]