Term Information

Accession
GO:0019491
Name
ectoine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
ectoine anabolism, ectoine biosynthesis, ectoine formation, ectoine synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ectoine (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid), a tetrahydropyrimidine commonly synthesized by halophilic bacteria. Source: GOC:jl, PMID:11823218
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0019491 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of ectoine biosynthetic process (GO:0019491)
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ectoine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  ectoine metabolic process (GO:0042399)
ectoine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  heterocycle biosynthetic process (GO:0018130)
ectoine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0072330)
ectoine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organonitrogen compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901566)
ectoine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic cyclic compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901362)

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MetaCyc
P101-PWY