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Term Information

Accession
GO:0016126
Name
sterol biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
sterol anabolism, sterol biosynthesis, sterol formation, sterol synthesis
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0016126 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of sterol biosynthetic process (GO:0016126)
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sterol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  steroid biosynthetic process (GO:0006694)
sterol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  sterol metabolic process (GO:0016125)
sterol biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  organic hydroxy compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901617)
Children of sterol biosynthetic process (GO:0016126)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
negative regulation of sterol biosynthetic process (GO:0106119) [RO:0002212 relation] RO:0002212  sterol biosynthetic process
zymosterol biosynthetic process (GO:0036197) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol biosynthetic process
ecdysone biosynthetic process (GO:0006697) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol biosynthetic process
positive regulation of sterol biosynthetic process (GO:0106120) [RO:0002213 relation] RO:0002213  sterol biosynthetic process
regulation of sterol biosynthetic process (GO:0106118) [RO:0002211 relation] RO:0002211  sterol biosynthetic process
ergosterol biosynthetic process (GO:0006696) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol biosynthetic process
cholesterol biosynthetic process (GO:0006695) [is_a relation] is_a  sterol biosynthetic process
MetaCyc
PWY-2541