FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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Term

purine nucleobase biosynthetic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0009113 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of purine nucleobases, one of the two classes of nitrogen-containing ring compounds found in DNA and RNA, which include adenine and guanine.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

"purine base anabolism" ; "purine base biosynthesis" ; "purine base biosynthetic process" (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
purine nucleobase biosynthetic process (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)
involved_in \| purine nucleobase biosynthetic process

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

biosynthetic process
 |__nucleobase biosynthetic process__________________
 |__purine-containing compound biosynthetic process__|
nucleobase metabolic process                         |
 |__purine nucleobase metabolic process______________|
 |__nucleobase biosynthetic process__________________|
purine-containing compound metabolic process         |
 |__purine nucleobase metabolic process______________|
 |__purine-containing compound biosynthetic process__|
                                                     purine nucleobase biosynthetic process  5 rec.
                                                      |__adenine biosynthetic process 2 rec.
                                                      |   |__adenine salvage 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__regulation of adenine biosynthetic process
                                                      |__guanine biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__guanine salvage
                                                      |__hypoxanthine biosynthetic process
                                                      |   |__hypoxanthine salvage
                                                      |__purine nucleobase salvage 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__adenine salvage 1 rec.
                                                      |   |__guanine salvage
                                                      |   |__hypoxanthine salvage
                                                      |__xanthine biosynthetic process

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Is a	purine nucleobase metabolic process nucleobase biosynthetic process purine-containing compound biosynthetic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"purine base anabolism" EXACT "purine base biosynthesis" EXACT "purine base biosynthetic process" EXACT "purine base formation" EXACT "purine base synthesis" EXACT
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