Term Information

Accession
GO:0046476
Name
glycosylceramide biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glycosylceramide anabolism, glycosylceramide biosynthesis, glycosylceramide formation, glycosylceramide synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycosylceramides, any compound formed by the replacement of the glycosidic hydroxyl group of a cyclic form of a monosaccharide (or derivative) by a ceramide group. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0046476 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of glycosylceramide biosynthetic process (GO:0046476)
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glycosylceramide biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycosphingolipid biosynthetic process (GO:0006688)
glycosylceramide biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  ceramide biosynthetic process (GO:0046513)
glycosylceramide biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycosylceramide metabolic process (GO:0006677)
Children of glycosylceramide biosynthetic process (GO:0046476)
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galactosylceramide biosynthetic process (GO:0006682) [is_a relation] is_a  glycosylceramide biosynthetic process
glucosylceramide biosynthetic process (GO:0006679) [is_a relation] is_a  glycosylceramide biosynthetic process
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