Term Information

Accession
GO:0046111
Name
xanthine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
xanthine anabolism, xanthine biosynthesis, xanthine formation, xanthine synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of xanthine, 2,6-dihydroxypurine, a purine formed in the metabolic breakdown of guanine but not present in nucleic acids. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046111 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of xanthine biosynthetic process (GO:0046111)
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xanthine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  purine nucleobase biosynthetic process (GO:0009113)
xanthine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  xanthine metabolic process (GO:0046110)

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