FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term glycerophospholipid biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0046474 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycerophospholipids, any derivative of glycerophosphate that contains at least one O-acyl, O-alkyl, or O-alkenyl group attached to the glycerol residue.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As "glycerophospholipid anabolism" ; "glycerophospholipid biosynthesis" ; "glycerophospholipid formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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phospholipid metabolic process
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lipid biosynthetic process                 |
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glycerolipid metabolic process             |
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organophosphate biosynthetic process       |
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                                           glycerophospholipid biosynthetic process  94 rec.
                                            |__CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                            |__lysobisphosphatidic acid biosynthetic process
                                            |__phosphatidic acid biosynthetic process 7 rec.
                                            |__phosphatidylcholine biosynthetic process 4 rec.
                                            |   |__CDP-choline pathway 3 rec.
                                            |   |__phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis from choline and CDP-diacylglycerol
                                            |   |__phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis from phosphatidylethanolamine
                                            |   |__phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis from phosphoryl-ethanolamine via CDP-N-methylethanolamine
                                            |   |__phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis from phosphoryl-ethanolamine via N-dimethylethanolamine phosphate and CDP-choline
                                            |   |__phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis from phosphoryl-ethanolamine via N-dimethylethanolamine phosphate and CDP-N-dimethylethanolamine
                                            |   |__phosphatidylcholine biosynthesis from sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
                                            |__phosphatidylethanolamine biosynthetic process 7 rec.
                                            |   |__dihydrosphingosine-1-P pathway
                                            |   |__phosphatidyl-N-monomethylethanolamine biosynthetic process
                                            |__phosphatidylglycerol biosynthetic process 6 rec.
                                            |   |__cardiolipin biosynthetic process 5 rec.
                                            |__phosphatidylinositol biosynthetic process 71 rec.
                                            |   |__GPI anchor biosynthetic process 37 rec.
                                            |   |__phosphatidylinositol phosphate biosynthetic process(+) 29 rec.
                                            |__phosphatidylserine biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                            |__platelet activating factor biosynthetic process
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Synonyms
  • "glycerophospholipid anabolism" EXACT
    "glycerophospholipid biosynthesis" EXACT
    "glycerophospholipid formation" EXACT
    "glycerophospholipid synthesis" EXACT
    "phosphoglyceride biosynthesis" EXACT
    "phosphoglyceride biosynthetic process" EXACT
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Reactome:R-HSA-1483206 "Glycerophospholipid biosynthesis"