Term Information

Accession
GO:0010142
Name
farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
farnesyl diphosphate anabolism, mevalonate pathway, farnesyl diphosphate formation, mevalonate pathway, farnesyl diphosphate synthesis, mevalonate pathway, isoprenoid pathway, Ac-MVA pathway, acetate-mevalonate pathway
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The pathway that converts acetate, in the form of acetyl-CoA, to farnesyl diphosphate (FPP) through a series of mevalonate intermediates. Farnesyl diphosphate is an important substrate for other essential pathways, such as biosynthesis of sterols. Source: MetaCyc:PWY-922, GOC:pz
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0010142 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway (GO:0010142)
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farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway [is_a relation] is_a  isoprenoid biosynthetic process via mevalonate (GO:1902767)
farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  terpenoid biosynthetic process (GO:0016114)
farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process, mevalonate pathway [is_a relation] is_a  farnesyl diphosphate biosynthetic process (GO:0045337)

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MetaCyc
PWY-922