biological_process Term "carotenoid biosynthetic process" (GO:0016117)

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biological_process Term "carotenoid biosynthetic process" (GO:0016117)

Term Name	carotenoid biosynthetic process
Term Accession	GO:0016117
Aspect	biological_process
Synonyms (4)	carotenoid anabolism, carotenoid biosynthesis, carotenoid formation, carotenoid synthesis
Definition	The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.
Comment	None
Source Ontology Database	The GO browser of Gene Ontology Database

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Derivation

biological_process (GO:0008150) #8951

[i] metabolic process (GO:0008152) #33238

[i] primary metabolic process (GO:0044238) #34

[i] lipid metabolic process (GO:0006629) #6307

[i] cellular lipid metabolic process (GO:0044255) #1

[i] isoprenoid metabolic process (GO:0006720) #1

[i] terpenoid metabolic process (GO:0006721) #1

[i] tetraterpenoid metabolic process (GO:0016108) #0

[i] tetraterpenoid biosynthetic process (GO:0016109) #0

[i] carotenoid biosynthetic process (GO:0016117) #424

[i] xanthophyll biosynthetic process (GO:0016123) #68

[i] zeaxanthin bis(beta-D-glucoside) biosynthetic process (GO:1901830) #0

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Database Cross-References (2)

GOC:	go_curators
MetaCyc:	CAROTENOID-PWY

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Parents (3)

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Children (2)

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Associations (424)

Arabidopsis lyrata gene (7)

Arabidopsis thaliana gene (100)

Brachypodium distachyon gene (19)

Brassica rapa gene (42)

Chlamydomonas reinhardtii gene (15)

Cyanidioschyzon merolae gene (3)

Glycine max gene (14)

Hordeum vulgare gene (4)

Medicago truncatula gene (6)

Musa acuminata gene (4)

Oryza brachyantha gene (9)

Oryza glaberrima gene (6)

Oryza sativa indica gene (18)

Oryza sativa japonica gene (16)

Physcomitrella patens gene (12)

Populus trichocarpa gene (23)

Selaginella moellendorffii gene (30)

Setaria italica gene (9)

Solanum lycopersicum gene (9)

Solanum tuberosum gene (8)

Sorghum bicolor gene (24)

Vitis vinifera gene (13)

Zea mays gene (17)

Gramene Gene (16)