FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term oligosaccharide biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0009312 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of oligosaccharides, molecules with between two and (about) 20 monosaccharide residues connected by glycosidic linkages.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "oligosaccharide anabolism" ; "oligosaccharide biosynthesis" ; "oligosaccharide formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS       2
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 oligosaccharide biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       2
     involved_in | oligosaccharide biosynthetic process       2
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carbohydrate metabolic process
 |__oligosaccharide metabolic process__
 |__carbohydrate biosynthetic process__|
biosynthetic process                   |
 |__carbohydrate biosynthetic process__|
                                       oligosaccharide biosynthetic process  8 rec.
                                        |__6-alpha-maltosylglucose biosynthetic process
                                        |__disaccharide biosynthetic process 6 rec.
                                        |   |__lactose biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__maltose biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__melibiose biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__sucrose biosynthetic process
                                        |   |__trehalose biosynthetic process 6 rec.
                                        |__lipopolysaccharide core region biosynthetic process
                                        |__raffinose family oligosaccharide biosynthetic process
                                            |__ajugose biosynthetic process(+)
                                            |__raffinose biosynthetic process
                                            |__stachyose biosynthetic process
                                            |__verbascose biosynthetic process
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Is a oligosaccharide metabolic process
carbohydrate biosynthetic process
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Synonyms
  • "oligosaccharide anabolism" EXACT
    "oligosaccharide biosynthesis" EXACT
    "oligosaccharide formation" EXACT
    "oligosaccharide synthesis" EXACT
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Reactome:R-HSA-9033658 "Blood group systems biosynthesis"