FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

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General Information

Term

sphingosine biosynthetic process

ID (Ontology)

GO:0046512 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sphingosine (sphing-4-enine), trans-D-erytho-2-amino-octadec-4-ene-1,3-diol, a long chain amino diol sphingoid base that occurs in most sphingolipids in animal tissues.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]

Also Known As

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

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

sphingolipid biosynthetic process
 |__sphingoid biosynthetic process__
diol metabolic process              |
 |__sphingosine metabolic process___|
 |__diol biosynthetic process_______|
polyol biosynthetic process         |
 |__diol biosynthetic process_______|
sphingoid metabolic process         |
 |__sphingosine metabolic process___|
 |__sphingoid biosynthetic process__|
                                    sphingosine biosynthetic process  7 rec.

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Relationships
Is a	sphingosine metabolic process diol biosynthetic process sphingoid biosynthetic process
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Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"sphingosine anabolism" EXACT "sphingosine biosynthesis" EXACT "sphingosine formation" EXACT "sphingosine synthesis" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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