FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term purine nucleobase biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009113 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "purine base anabolism" ; "purine base biosynthesis" ; "purine base biosynthetic process" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       4
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 purine nucleobase biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       4
     involved_in | purine nucleobase biosynthetic process       4
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 |__nucleobase biosynthetic process__________________
 |__purine-containing compound biosynthetic process__|
nucleobase metabolic process                         |
 |__purine nucleobase metabolic process______________|
 |__nucleobase biosynthetic process__________________|
purine-containing compound metabolic process         |
 |__purine nucleobase metabolic process______________|
 |__purine-containing compound biosynthetic process__|
                                                     purine nucleobase biosynthetic process  5 rec.
                                                      |__adenine biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                                      |   |__adenine salvage 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__regulation of adenine biosynthetic process
                                                      |__guanine biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__guanine salvage
                                                      |__hypoxanthine biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__hypoxanthine salvage
                                                      |__purine nucleobase salvage 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__adenine salvage 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__guanine salvage
                                                      |   |__hypoxanthine salvage
                                                      |__xanthine biosynthetic process
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Is a purine nucleobase metabolic process
nucleobase biosynthetic process
purine-containing compound biosynthetic process
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Synonyms
  • "purine base anabolism" EXACT
    "purine base biosynthesis" EXACT
    "purine base biosynthetic process" EXACT
    "purine base formation" EXACT
    "purine base synthesis" EXACT
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MetaCyc:PWY-841