Term Information

Accession
GO:0042847
Name
sorbose biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sorbose anabolism, sorbose biosynthesis, sorbose formation, sorbose synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sorbose, the ketohexose xylo-2-hexulose. Sorbose is produced commercially by fermentation and is used as an intermediate in the manufacture of ascorbic acid. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0042847 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of sorbose biosynthetic process (GO:0042847)
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sorbose biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  hexose biosynthetic process (GO:0019319)
sorbose biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  sorbose metabolic process (GO:0019311)
Children of sorbose biosynthetic process (GO:0042847)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
L-sorbose biosynthetic process (GO:0042849) [is_a relation] is_a  sorbose biosynthetic process
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