Term Information

Accession
GO:0009449
Name
gamma-aminobutyric acid biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
4-aminobutanoate biosynthesis, 4-aminobutanoate biosynthetic process, 4-aminobutyrate biosynthesis, 4-aminobutyrate biosynthetic process, GABA biosynthesis, GABA biosynthetic process, gamma-aminobutyric acid anabolism, gamma-aminobutyric acid biosynthesis, gamma-aminobutyric acid formation, gamma-aminobutyric acid synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA, 4-aminobutyrate), an amino acid which acts as a neurotransmitter in some organisms. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
See also the biological process term 'neurotransmitter biosynthetic process ; GO:0042136'.
History
See term history for GO:0009449 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of gamma-aminobutyric acid biosynthetic process (GO:0009449)
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gamma-aminobutyric acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  gamma-aminobutyric acid metabolic process (GO:0009448)
gamma-aminobutyric acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino acid biosynthetic process (GO:0008652)

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