Term Information

Accession
GO:0042845
Name
glycol biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glycol anabolism, glycol biosynthesis, glycol formation, glycol synthesis, dihydric alcohol biosynthesis, dihydric alcohol biosynthetic process
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycol, a diol in which the two hydroxy groups are on different carbon atoms, usually but not necessarily adjacent. Source: GOC:curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042845 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of glycol biosynthetic process (GO:0042845)
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glycol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycol metabolic process (GO:0042844)
glycol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  diol biosynthetic process (GO:0034312)
Children of glycol biosynthetic process (GO:0042845)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
phthiocerol biosynthetic process (GO:0097040) [is_a relation] is_a  glycol biosynthetic process
butanediol biosynthetic process (GO:0034079) [is_a relation] is_a  glycol biosynthetic process
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