FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term photosynthesis ID (Ontology) GO:0015979 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The synthesis by organisms of organic chemical compounds, especially carbohydrates, from carbon dioxide (CO2) using energy obtained from light rather than from the oxidation of chemical compounds.[ ISBN:0198547684 ]
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  cellular process
   |__metabolic process
       |__photosynthesis
           |__photosynthesis, dark reaction
           |   |__C4 photosynthesis(+)
           |   |__CAM photosynthesis
           |   |__reductive pentose-phosphate cycle(+)
           |   |__regulation of photosynthesis, dark reaction(+)
           |__photosynthesis, light reaction
           |   |__photosynthesis, light harvesting(+)
           |   |__photosynthetic electron transport chain(+)
           |   |__photosynthetic NADP+ reduction
           |   |__photosynthetic phosphorylation(+)
           |   |__photosystem I assembly
           |   |__photosystem II assembly(+)
           |   |__regulation of photosynthesis, light reaction(+)
           |__regulation of photosynthesis
               |__negative regulation of photosynthesis(+)
               |__photosystem stoichiometry adjustment
               |__positive regulation of photosynthesis
               |__regulation of photosynthesis, dark reaction(+)
               |__regulation of photosynthesis, light reaction(+)
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Wikipedia:Photosynthesis