FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term sphingosine biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0046512 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "sphingosine anabolism" ; "sphingosine biosynthesis" ; "sphingosine formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       6
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 sphingosine biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       6
     involved_in | sphingosine biosynthetic process       6
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sphingolipid biosynthetic process
 |__sphingoid biosynthetic process__
diol metabolic process              |
 |__sphingosine metabolic process___|
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polyol biosynthetic process         |
 |__diol biosynthetic process_______|
sphingoid metabolic process         |
 |__sphingosine metabolic process___|
 |__sphingoid biosynthetic process__|
                                    sphingosine biosynthetic process  6 rec.
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Is a sphingosine metabolic process
diol biosynthetic process
sphingoid biosynthetic process
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  • "sphingosine anabolism" EXACT
    "sphingosine biosynthesis" EXACT
    "sphingosine formation" EXACT
    "sphingosine synthesis" EXACT
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