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Term Information

Accession
GO:0006114
Name
glycerol biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
glycerol anabolism, glycerol biosynthesis, glycerol formation, glycerol synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycerol, 1,2,3-propanetriol, a sweet, hygroscopic, viscous liquid, widely distributed in nature as a constituent of many lipids. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:ai
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0006114 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of glycerol biosynthetic process (GO:0006114)
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glycerol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glycerol metabolic process (GO:0006071)
glycerol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  alditol biosynthetic process (GO:0019401)
Children of glycerol biosynthetic process (GO:0006114)
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glycerol biosynthetic process from pyruvate (GO:0046327) [is_a relation] is_a  glycerol biosynthetic process
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