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Term	carboxylic acid biosynthetic process	ID (Ontology)	GO:0046394 (Gene Ontology)
Definition	The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carboxylic acids, any organic acid containing one or more carboxyl (-COOH) groups.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As	"carboxylic acid anabolism" ; "carboxylic acid biosynthesis" ; "carboxylic acid formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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organic acid metabolic process
 |__organic acid biosynthetic process__
oxoacid metabolic process              |
 |__carboxylic acid metabolic process__|
small molecule biosynthetic process    |
 |__organic acid biosynthetic process__|
                                       carboxylic acid biosynthetic process  112 rec.
                                        |__achromobactin biosynthetic process
                                        |__alginic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |__alpha-amino acid biosynthetic process 41 rec.
                                        |   |__1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__4-hydroxyproline biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__alanine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__citrulline biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__D-amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                        |   |__homocysteine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__isoleucine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__L-amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 31 rec.
                                        |   |__ornithine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__sarcosine biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__serine family amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 11 rec.
                                        |__amino acid catabolic process to carboxylic acid via Ehrlich pathway
                                        |   |__aromatic amino acid family catabolic process to carboxylic acid via Ehrlich pathway
                                        |   |__branched-chain amino acid catabolic process to carboxylic acid via Ehrlich pathway
                                        |   |__L-methionine catabolic process to 3-methylthiopropanoate
                                        |__aromatic amino acid family biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__4-aminobenzoate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__aromatic amino acid family biosynthetic process, prephenate pathway(+) 1 rec.
                                        |   |__L-dopa biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-histidine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-tryptophan biosynthetic process
                                        |__bacillithiol biosynthetic process
                                        |__branched-chain amino acid biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__D-leucine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__isoleucine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__L-leucine biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__L-valine biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |__carnosine biosynthetic process
                                        |__cephalosporin C biosynthetic process
                                        |__chrysobactin biosynthetic process
                                        |__cspyrone B1 biosynthetic process
                                        |__dicarboxylic acid biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                        |   |__5,6,7,8-tetrahydromethanopterin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__10-formyltetrahydrofolate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__actinorhodin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__aldaric acid biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__aspartate biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__chorismate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__diaminopimelate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__dihydrofolate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__folic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__gibberellin 12 biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__glutamate biosynthetic process(+) 4 rec.
                                        |   |__glutamate catabolic process to oxaloacetate
                                        |   |__Kdo2-lipid A biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-tyrosine catabolic process to fumarate
                                        |   |__oxalate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__phytochromobilin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__prephenate(2-) biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__quinolinate biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |__endocrocin biosynthetic process
                                        |__fructoselysine biosynthetic process
                                        |__fumonisin biosynthetic process
                                        |__gerfelin biosynthetic process
                                        |__gibberellin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__gibberellin 12 biosynthetic process
                                        |__helvolic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |__icosanoid biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                        |   |__leukotriene biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__prostanoid biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                        |__keto-3-deoxy-D-manno-octulosonic acid 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
                                        |__L-homomethionine biosynthetic process
                                        |__mannosylglycerate biosynthetic process
                                        |__monensin A biosynthetic process
                                        |__monocarboxylic acid biosynthetic process 59 rec.
                                        |   |__(R)-mandelate catabolic process to benzoate
                                        |   |__(R)-mevalonic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__2-dehydro-3-deoxy-D-gluconic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__3,4-dihydroxybenzoate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__3-(2,3-dihydroxyphenyl)propanoate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__3-(3-hydroxyphenyl)propanoate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__4-aminobenzoate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__4-hydroxyphenylacetate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__abscisic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__acetate biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__aldonic acid biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__bile acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__biotin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__cinnamic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__clavulanic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__coenzyme B biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__creatine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__cyclic 2,3-bisphospho-D-glycerate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__ectoine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__fatty acid biosynthetic process(+) 53 rec.
                                        |   |__ferulate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__formate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__fumagillin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__galacturonate biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__glucuronate biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__glycolate biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                        |   |__glycyrrhetinate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__indoleacetic acid biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__kynurenic acid biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__L-pipecolic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__lactate biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                        |   |__mandelate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__methylgallate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__mycophenolic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__nicotinate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__o-orsellinic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__ochratoxin A biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__olivetolic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__p-cumate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__pantothenate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__penicillin biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__pentalenolactone biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__phaseic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__picolinic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__pyruvate biosynthetic process(+) 3 rec.
                                        |   |__quinate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__retinoic acid biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__salicylic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__sinapate biosynthetic process
                                        |__monodictyphenone biosynthetic process
                                        |__N-acetylneuraminate biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                        |__non-proteinogenic amino acid biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                        |   |__1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__3-cyano-L-alanine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__4-hydroxyproline biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__beta-alanine biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                        |   |__citrulline biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__D-amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                        |   |__discadenine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__gamma-aminobutyric acid biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |   |__homocysteine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__hydroxylysine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-beta-ethynylserine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-dopa biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-proline betaine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-propargylglycine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__ornithine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__phosphoarginine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__sarcosine biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                        |__oxylipin biosynthetic process
                                        |__proteinogenic amino acid biosynthetic process 36 rec.
                                        |   |__aspartate family amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 15 rec.
                                        |   |__glutamine family amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 12 rec.
                                        |   |__glycine biosynthetic process(+) 5 rec.
                                        |   |__L-histidine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-phenylalanine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__L-serine biosynthetic process 3 rec.
                                        |   |__L-tryptophan biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__L-tyrosine biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                        |   |__pyrrolysine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__pyruvate family amino acid biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                        |__pyochelin biosynthetic process
                                        |__rhizobactin 1021 biosynthetic process
                                        |__sulfur amino acid biosynthetic process 12 rec.
                                        |   |__cysteine biosynthetic process(+) 2 rec.
                                        |   |__ergothioneine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__homocysteine biosynthetic process(+)
                                        |   |__methionine biosynthetic process(+) 10 rec.
                                        |__tatiopterin biosynthetic process
                                        |__tensidol B biosynthetic process
                                        |__tricarboxylic acid biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__5,6,7,8-tetrahydrosarcinapterin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__aerobactin biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__coenzyme gamma-F420-2 biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__nicotianamine biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__pyrroloquinoline quinone biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__sarcinapterin biosynthetic process
                                        |__UDP-glucuronate biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                        |__uroporphyrinogen III biosynthetic process 2 rec.
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	"carboxylic acid anabolism" EXACT "carboxylic acid biosynthesis" EXACT "carboxylic acid formation" EXACT "carboxylic acid synthesis" EXACT
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