Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

biosynthetic process

Term ID
GO:0009058
Synonyms
  • anabolism
  • biosynthesis
  • formation
  • multicellular organismal biosynthetic process
  • single-organism biosynthetic process
  • synthesis
Definition
A cellular process consisting of the biochemical pathways by which a living organism synthesizes chemical substances. This typically represents the energy-requiring part of metabolism in which simpler substances are transformed into more complex ones. 0198547684
References
Ontology
GO: Biological Process    QuickGO    AmiGO
Relationships
is a type of
has subtype
negatively regulated by
positively regulated by
regulated by
Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes