Term Information

Accession
GO:0046656
Name
folic acid biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
folate biosynthesis, folate biosynthetic process, folic acid anabolism, folic acid biosynthesis, folic acid formation, folic acid synthesis, vitamin B9 biosynthesis, vitamin B9 biosynthetic process, vitamin M biosynthesis, vitamin M biosynthetic process
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of folic acid, pteroylglutamic acid. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0046656 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of folic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0046656)
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folic acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process (GO:0042364)
folic acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  dicarboxylic acid biosynthetic process (GO:0043650)
folic acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  amide biosynthetic process (GO:0043604)
folic acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  folic acid metabolic process (GO:0046655)
folic acid biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  folic acid-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:0009396)

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MetaCyc
FOLSYN-PWY
Wikipedia
Folic_acid