FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term methionine biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009086 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of methionine (2-amino-4-(methylthio)butanoic acid), a sulfur-containing, essential amino acid found in peptide linkage in proteins.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "methionine anabolism" ; "methionine biosynthesis" ; "methionine formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       5
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 methionine biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       5
     involved_in | methionine biosynthetic process       5
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sulfur amino acid metabolic process
 |__sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process____________
 |__methionine metabolic process______________________|
sulfur compound biosynthetic process                  |
 |__sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process____________|
carboxylic acid biosynthetic process                  |
 |__sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process____________|
L-amino acid biosynthetic process                     |
 |__aspartate family amino acid biosynthetic process__|
proteinogenic amino acid biosynthetic process         |
 |__aspartate family amino acid biosynthetic process__|
alpha-amino acid metabolic process                    |
 |__methionine metabolic process______________________|
                                                      methionine biosynthetic process  10 rec.
                                                       |__L-methionine biosynthetic process 6 rec.
                                                           |__'de novo' L-methionine biosynthetic process(+)
                                                           |__L-methionine biosynthetic process from L-homoserine via O-acetyl-L-homoserine
                                                           |__L-methionine salvage(+) 6 rec.
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Is a sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process
methionine metabolic process
aspartate family amino acid biosynthetic process
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  • "methionine anabolism" EXACT
    "methionine biosynthesis" EXACT
    "methionine formation" EXACT
    "methionine synthesis" EXACT
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