FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026
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Term glycogen biosynthetic process ID (Ontology) GO:0005978 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glycogen, a polydisperse, highly branched glucan composed of chains of D-glucose residues.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
Also Known As"glycogen anabolism" ; "glycogen biosynthesis" ; "glycogen formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)
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     involved_in | glycogen biosynthetic process       --
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polysaccharide biosynthetic process
 |__glucan biosynthetic process___
energy reserve metabolic process  |
 |__glycogen metabolic process____|
glucan metabolic process          |
 |__glycogen metabolic process____|
 |__glucan biosynthetic process___|
                                  glycogen biosynthetic process  17 rec.
                                   |__regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process 10 rec.
                                       |__negative regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                       |__positive regulation of glycogen biosynthetic process 3 rec.
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glucan biosynthetic process
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  • "glycogen anabolism" EXACT
    "glycogen biosynthesis" EXACT
    "glycogen formation" EXACT
    "glycogen synthesis" EXACT
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MetaCyc:GLYCOGENSYNTH-PWY
MetaCyc:PWY-5067
MetaCyc:PWY-7900
Reactome:R-HSA-3322077 "Glycogen synthesis"