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Accession
GO:0006061
Name
sorbitol biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sorbitol anabolism, sorbitol biosynthesis, sorbitol formation, sorbitol synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment
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History
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Parents of sorbitol biosynthetic process (GO:0006061)
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sorbitol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  hexitol biosynthetic process (GO:0019406)
sorbitol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  sorbitol metabolic process (GO:0006060)

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