Term Information

Accession
GO:0052699
Name
ergothioneine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
(2S)-3-(2-mercapto-1H-imidazol-5-yl)-2-(trimethylazaniumyl)propanoate biosynthetic process, 2-mercaptoergothioneine trimethylbetaine anabolism, 2-mercaptoergothioneine trimethylbetaine biosynthesis, 2-mercaptoergothioneine trimethylbetaine biosynthetic process, 2-mercaptoergothioneine trimethylbetaine formation, 2-mercaptoergothioneine trimethylbetaine synthesis, ergothioneine anabolism, ergothioneine biosynthesis, ergothioneine formation, ergothioneine synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ergothioneine, a naturally occurring metabolite of histidine with antioxidant properties. Source: Wikipedia:Ergothioneine
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0052699 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at GO issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of ergothioneine biosynthetic process (GO:0052699)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ergothioneine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  ergothioneine metabolic process (GO:0052698)
ergothioneine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  cellular modified histidine biosynthetic process (GO:0052703)
ergothioneine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process (GO:0000097)
ergothioneine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  amino-acid betaine biosynthetic process (GO:0006578)
Children of ergothioneine biosynthetic process (GO:0052699)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ergothioneine biosynthesis from histidine via hercynylcysteine sulfoxide synthase (GO:0140479) [is_a relation] is_a  ergothioneine biosynthetic process
ergothioneine biosynthesis from histidine via gamma-glutamyl-hercynylcysteine sulfoxide (GO:0052704) [is_a relation] is_a  ergothioneine biosynthetic process
hercynylcysteine sulfoxide lyase activity (ergothioneine-forming) (GO:1990411) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ergothioneine biosynthetic process
None.