Term Information

Accession
GO:0097295
Name
morphine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
morphine anabolism, morphine biosynthesis, morphine formation, morphine synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of morphine, 17-methyl-7,8-didehydro-4,5alpha-epoxymorphinan-3,6alpha-diol. Morphine is a highly potent opiate analgesic psychoactive drug obtained form the opium poppy, Papaver somniferum. Source: PMID:19567876, GOC:yaf
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History
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Parents of morphine biosynthetic process (GO:0097295)
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morphine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic heteropentacyclic compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901378)
morphine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  sulfur compound biosynthetic process (GO:0044272)
morphine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic process (GO:0033075)
morphine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  morphine metabolic process (GO:0071272)

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