Term Information

Accession
GO:0072339
Name
lactam biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
cellular lactam anabolism, cellular lactam biosynthesis, cellular lactam biosynthetic process, cellular lactam formation, cellular lactam synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lactams, any cyclic amides of amino carboxylic acids, having a 1-azacycloalkan-2-one structure, or analogues having unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0072339 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of lactam biosynthetic process (GO:0072339)
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lactam biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  lactam metabolic process (GO:0072338)
lactam biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle biosynthetic process (GO:0018130)
lactam biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  amide biosynthetic process (GO:0043604)
lactam biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901566)
lactam biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901362)
Children of lactam biosynthetic process (GO:0072339)
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emericellamide biosynthetic process (GO:1900557) [is_a relation] is_a  lactam biosynthetic process
enniatin biosynthetic process (GO:0046585) [is_a relation] is_a  lactam biosynthetic process
pseurotin A biosynthetic process (GO:1900790) [is_a relation] is_a  lactam biosynthetic process
beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic process (GO:0030654) [is_a relation] is_a  lactam biosynthetic process
clavulanic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0033050) [is_a relation] is_a  lactam biosynthetic process
ansamycin biosynthetic process (GO:0033070) [is_a relation] is_a  lactam biosynthetic process
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