Term Information

Accession
GO:0046938
Name
phytochelatin biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
phytochelatin anabolism, phytochelatin biosynthesis, phytochelatin formation, phytochelatin synthesis, cadystin biosynthetic process
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of phytochelatins, any of a group of peptides that bind metals (Cd, Zn, Cu, Pb, Hg) in thiolate coordination complexes. The structure is of the type (gamma-glutamyl-cysteinyl)n-glycine, where n is 2 to 11. Source: ISBN:0198506732
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History
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Subset
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Parents of phytochelatin biosynthetic process (GO:0046938)
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phytochelatin biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  phytochelatin metabolic process (GO:0046937)
phytochelatin biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  peptide biosynthetic process (GO:0043043)
phytochelatin biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  secondary metabolite biosynthetic process (GO:0044550)

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