Term Information

Accession
GO:0006750
Name
glutathione biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glutathione anabolism, glutathione biosynthesis, glutathione formation, glutathione synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glutathione, the tripeptide glutamylcysteinylglycine, which acts as a coenzyme for some enzymes and as an antioxidant in the protection of sulfhydryl groups in enzymes and other proteins. Source: GOC:al, ISBN:0198506732, GOC:pde, GOC:ai
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0006750 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of glutathione biosynthetic process (GO:0006750)
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glutathione biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glutathione metabolic process (GO:0006749)
glutathione biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  nonribosomal peptide biosynthetic process (GO:0019184)
Children of glutathione biosynthetic process (GO:0006750)
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regulation of glutathione biosynthetic process (GO:1903786) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  glutathione biosynthetic process
glutathione synthase activity (GO:0004363) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  glutathione biosynthetic process
positive regulation of glutathione biosynthetic process (GO:1903788) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  glutathione biosynthetic process
negative regulation of glutathione biosynthetic process (GO:1903787) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  glutathione biosynthetic process