Term Information

Accession
GO:0140877
Name
mevastatin biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
mevastatin anabolism, mevastatin biosynthesis, mevastatin formation, mevastatin synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of mevastatin , also known as compactin or ML-236B, and which acts as a potent competitive inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase. Source: PMID:12242508, PMID:12172803
Comment
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History
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Subset
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Parents of mevastatin biosynthetic process (GO:0140877)
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mevastatin biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  polyketide biosynthetic process (GO:0030639)
mevastatin biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  lactone biosynthetic process (GO:1901336)
mevastatin biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  mycotoxin biosynthetic process (GO:0043386)

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