Term Information

Accession
GO:0046456
Name
icosanoid biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
eicosanoid biosynthesis, eicosanoid biosynthetic process, eoxin biosynthesis, eoxin synthesis, icosanoid anabolism, icosanoid biosynthesis, icosanoid formation, icosanoid synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of icosanoids, any of a group of C20 polyunsaturated fatty acids. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0046456 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of icosanoid biosynthetic process (GO:0046456)
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icosanoid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  carboxylic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0046394)
icosanoid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  icosanoid metabolic process (GO:0006690)
Children of icosanoid biosynthetic process (GO:0046456)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
leukotriene biosynthetic process (GO:0019370) [is_a relation] is_a  icosanoid biosynthetic process
prostanoid biosynthetic process (GO:0046457) [is_a relation] is_a  icosanoid biosynthetic process
Wikipedia
Eicosanoid