Term Name: sulfur compound biosynthetic process
Synonyms: sulfur biosynthesis, sulfur biosynthetic process, sulfur compound anabolism, sulfur compound biosynthesis, sulfur compound formation, sulfur compound synthesis
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of compounds that contain sulfur, such as the amino acids methionine and cysteine or the tripeptide glutathione.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0044272]    QuickGO    AmiGO

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is a type of: biosynthetic process sulfur compound metabolic process
has subtype: 3'-phosphoadenosine 5'-phosphosulfate biosynthetic process 4-amino-3-isothiazolidinone biosynthetic process alkanesulfonate biosynthetic process bacillithiol biosynthetic process biotin biosynthetic process camalexin biosynthetic process cephalosporin biosynthetic process cephamycin C biosynthetic process chondroitin sulfate biosynthetic process coenzyme A biosynthetic process coenzyme M biosynthetic process dermatan sulfate biosynthetic process epothilone biosynthetic process gliotoxin biosynthetic process glutathione biosynthetic process glutathione derivative biosynthetic process heparan sulfate proteoglycan biosynthetic process heparin biosynthetic process hydrogen sulfide biosynthetic process keratan sulfate biosynthetic process leukotriene D4 biosynthetic process lipoate biosynthetic process methionine catabolic process to 3-methylthiopropanoate methionine catabolic process to 3-methylthiopropanol mycothiol biosynthetic process penicillin biosynthetic process pyochelin biosynthetic process S-adenosylmethionine biosynthetic process S-glycoside biosynthetic process S-methylmethionine biosynthetic process sulfolipid biosynthetic process sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process thiamine-containing compound biosynthetic process thiazole biosynthetic process thioester biosynthetic process