FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term ether lipid biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0008611 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ether lipids, lipids that contain (normally) one lipid alcohol in ether linkage to one of the carbon atoms (normally C-1) of glycerol.[ ISBN:0198547684 PubMed:15337120 ]
Also Known As "ether lipid anabolism" ; "ether lipid biosynthesis" ; "ether lipid formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       3
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 ether lipid biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       3
     involved_in | ether lipid biosynthetic process       3
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lipid metabolic process
 |__lipid biosynthetic process___________
 |__ether lipid metabolic process________|
biosynthetic process                     |
 |__lipid biosynthetic process___________|
ether biosynthetic process               |
 |__glycerol ether biosynthetic process__|
                                         ether lipid biosynthetic process  3 rec.
                                          |__platelet activating factor biosynthetic process
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Is a lipid biosynthetic process
ether lipid metabolic process
glycerol ether biosynthetic process
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Synonyms
  • "ether lipid anabolism" EXACT
    "ether lipid biosynthesis" EXACT
    "ether lipid formation" EXACT
    "ether lipid synthesis" EXACT
    "plasmalogen biosynthetic process" NARROW
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Reactome:R-HSA-75896 "Plasmalogen biosynthesis"