Term Information

Accession
GO:0005978
Name
glycogen biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glycogen anabolism, glycogen biosynthesis, glycogen formation, glycogen synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005978 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of glycogen biosynthetic process (GO:0005978)
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glycogen biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycogen metabolic process (GO:0005977)
glycogen biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucan biosynthetic process (GO:0009250)
Children of glycogen biosynthetic process (GO:0005978)
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positive regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process (GO:0045725) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  glycogen biosynthetic process
regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process (GO:0005979) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  glycogen biosynthetic process
negative regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process (GO:0045719) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  glycogen biosynthetic process