Term Information

Accession
GO:0046099
Name
guanine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
guanine anabolism, guanine biosynthesis, guanine formation, guanine synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of guanine, 2-amino-6-hydroxypurine, a purine that is one of the five main bases found in nucleic acids and a component of a number of phosphorylated guanosine derivatives whose metabolic or regulatory functions are important. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0046099 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of guanine biosynthetic process (GO:0046099)
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guanine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  guanine metabolic process (GO:0046098)
guanine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase biosynthetic process (GO:0009113)
Children of guanine biosynthetic process (GO:0046099)
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guanine salvage (GO:0006178) [is_a relation] is_a  guanine biosynthetic process
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