FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
CV Term Report
Help Close All Open All
General Information
Term L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0019853 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of L-ascorbic acid; L-ascorbic acid ionizes to give L-ascorbate, (2R)-2-[(1S)-1,2-dihydroxyethyl]-4-hydroxy-5-oxo-2,5-dihydrofuran-3-olate, which is required as a cofactor in the oxidation of prolyl residues to hydroxyprolyl, and other reactions.
Also Known As "ascorbate biosynthesis" ; "ascorbate biosynthetic process" ; "L-ascorbic acid anabolism" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
Comment
Links to External Ontologies
  QuickGO data     AmiGO data
Annotations
Records annotated with this term OR any of its CHILD TERMS
    Results list data from multiple species. Click on a button above and use the 'Filter by species' options on the resulting HitList to retrieve species-specific data.
Records annotated with this exact term (annotations to child terms are NOT included)
Data Class Field Records
Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       2
show Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records
 Full annotation statements 
Relevant FlyBase reports
 Genes
 L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       2
     involved_in | L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process       2
Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)
Only view relationship: 
monosaccharide metabolic process
 |__L-ascorbic acid metabolic process___________
 |__monosaccharide biosynthetic process_________|
biosynthetic process                            |
 |__lactone biosynthetic process________________|
vitamin biosynthetic process                    |
 |__water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process__|
carbohydrate biosynthetic process               |
 |__monosaccharide biosynthetic process_________|
organic acid biosynthetic process               |
 |__carboxylic acid biosynthetic process________|
carboxylic acid metabolic process               |
 |__L-ascorbic acid metabolic process___________|
 |__carboxylic acid biosynthetic process________|
small molecule biosynthetic process             |
 |__monosaccharide biosynthetic process_________|
lactone metabolic process                       |
 |__L-ascorbic acid metabolic process___________|
 |__lactone biosynthetic process________________|
                                                L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process  2 rec.
                                                 |__L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process via GDP-alpha-D-mannose
                                                 |__L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process via UDP-alpha-D-glucuronate
                                                 |__regulation of L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process
                                                     |__negative regulation of L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process
Spanning Tree View Settings
Parents/Children
View Depth
Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
hide Relationships
Is a L-ascorbic acid metabolic process
water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process
monosaccharide biosynthetic process
carboxylic acid biosynthetic process
lactone biosynthetic process
Part of
hide Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
  • "ascorbate biosynthesis" EXACT
    "ascorbate biosynthetic process" EXACT
    "L-ascorbic acid anabolism" EXACT
    "L-ascorbic acid biosynthesis" EXACT
    "L-ascorbic acid formation" EXACT
    "L-ascorbic acid synthesis" EXACT
    "vitamin C biosynthesis" EXACT
    "vitamin C biosynthetic process" EXACT
Secondary IDs
hide External Crossreferences & Linkouts