Term Information

Accession
GO:0009446
Name
putrescine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
putrescine anabolism, putrescine biosynthesis, putrescine formation, putrescine synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of putrescine, 1,4-diaminobutane; putrescine can be synthesized from arginine or ornithine and is the metabolic precursor of spermidine and spermine. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0009446 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of putrescine biosynthetic process (GO:0009446)
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putrescine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  putrescine metabolic process (GO:0009445)
putrescine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  polyamine biosynthetic process (GO:0006596)
Children of putrescine biosynthetic process (GO:0009446)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
putrescine biosynthetic process from arginine (GO:0033388) [is_a relation] is_a  putrescine biosynthetic process
putrescine biosynthetic process from ornithine (GO:0033387) [is_a relation] is_a  putrescine biosynthetic process
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