FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term lactam biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0072339 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of lactams, any cyclic amides of amino carboxylic acids, having a 1-azacycloalkan-2-one structure, or analogues having unsaturation or heteroatoms replacing one or more carbon atoms of the ring.
Also Known As "cellular lactam anabolism" ; "cellular lactam biosynthesis" ; "cellular lactam biosynthetic process" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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biosynthetic process
 |__amide biosynthetic process____
amide metabolic process           |
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small molecule metabolic process  |
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                                  lactam biosynthetic process
                                   |__ansamycin biosynthetic process
                                   |__beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic process
                                   |   |__carbapenem biosynthetic process
                                   |   |__cephalosporin biosynthetic process(+)
                                   |   |__cephamycin C biosynthetic process
                                   |   |__penicillin biosynthetic process(+)
                                   |__clavulanic acid biosynthetic process
                                   |__emericellamide biosynthetic process
                                   |   |__emericellamide A biosynthetic process
                                   |__enniatin biosynthetic process
                                   |__pseurotin A biosynthetic process
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  • "cellular lactam anabolism" EXACT
    "cellular lactam biosynthesis" EXACT
    "cellular lactam biosynthetic process" EXACT
    "cellular lactam formation" EXACT
    "cellular lactam synthesis" EXACT
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