FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0000097 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of amino acids containing sulfur, comprising cysteine, methionine and selenocysteine.
Also Known As "sulfur amino acid anabolism" ; "sulfur amino acid biosynthesis" ; "sulfur amino acid formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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sulfur compound metabolic process
 |__sulfur amino acid metabolic process___
 |__sulfur compound biosynthetic process__|
biosynthetic process                      |
 |__sulfur compound biosynthetic process__|
organic acid biosynthetic process         |
 |__carboxylic acid biosynthetic process__|
carboxylic acid metabolic process         |
 |__sulfur amino acid metabolic process___|
 |__carboxylic acid biosynthetic process__|
                                          sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process  12 rec.
                                           |__cysteine biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                           |   |__cysteine biosynthetic process from serine 1 rec.
                                           |   |__cysteine biosynthetic process via cystathionine 2 rec.
                                           |   |__cysteine biosynthetic process via S-sulfo-L-cysteine
                                           |__ergothioneine biosynthetic process
                                           |   |__ergothioneine biosynthesis from histidine via gamma-glutamyl-hercynylcysteine sulfoxide
                                           |   |__ergothioneine biosynthesis from histidine via hercynylcysteine sulfoxide synthase
                                           |__homocysteine biosynthetic process
                                           |   |__L-homocysteine biosynthetic process
                                           |__methionine biosynthetic process 10 rec.
                                               |__L-methionine biosynthetic process(+) 6 rec.
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Is a sulfur amino acid metabolic process
sulfur compound biosynthetic process
carboxylic acid biosynthetic process
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Synonyms
  • "sulfur amino acid anabolism" EXACT
    "sulfur amino acid biosynthesis" EXACT
    "sulfur amino acid formation" EXACT
    "sulfur amino acid synthesis" EXACT
    "sulphur amino acid biosynthesis" EXACT
    "sulphur amino acid biosynthetic process" EXACT
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