FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

vitamin biosynthetic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0009110 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a vitamin, one of a number of unrelated organic substances that occur in many foods in small amounts and that are necessary in trace amounts for the normal metabolic functioning of the body.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"vitamin anabolism" ; "vitamin biosynthesis" ; "vitamin formation" (for all, see Synonyms field below)

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Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Genes (FBgn)	GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS

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Full annotation statements	Genes
vitamin biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| vitamin biosynthetic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

biosynthetic process
 |__small molecule biosynthetic process__
small molecule metabolic process         |
 |__vitamin metabolic process____________|
 |__small molecule biosynthetic process__|
                                         vitamin biosynthetic process  8 rec.
                                          |__fat-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                          |   |__vitamin A biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                          |   |__vitamin D biosynthetic process(+)
                                          |   |__vitamin E biosynthetic process(+)
                                          |   |__vitamin K biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                          |__water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process 6 rec.
                                              |__biotin biosynthetic process
                                              |__cobalamin biosynthetic process
                                              |__folic acid biosynthetic process
                                              |__L-ascorbic acid biosynthetic process(+)
                                              |__pantothenate biosynthetic process
                                              |__riboflavin biosynthetic process 1 rec.
                                              |__thiamine-containing compound biosynthetic process(+) 1 rec.
                                              |__vitamin B6 biosynthetic process(+) 4 rec.

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Is a	vitamin metabolic process small molecule biosynthetic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"vitamin anabolism" EXACT "vitamin biosynthesis" EXACT "vitamin formation" EXACT "vitamin synthesis" EXACT
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