Term Information

Accession
GO:0045329
Name
carnitine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
carnitine anabolism, carnitine biosynthesis, carnitine formation, carnitine synthesis, vitamin Bt biosynthesis, vitamin Bt biosynthetic process
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carnitine (hydroxy-trimethyl aminobutyric acid), a compound that participates in the transfer of acyl groups across the inner mitochondrial membrane. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0045329 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of carnitine biosynthetic process (GO:0045329)
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carnitine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino-acid betaine biosynthetic process (GO:0006578)
carnitine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  carnitine metabolic process (GO:0009437)

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