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GO:0016117 carotenoid biosynthetic process

The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.

Term Information

ID GO:0016117
Name carotenoid biosynthetic process
Ontology Biological Process
Definition The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of carotenoids, tetraterpenoid compounds in which two units of 4 isoprenoid residues joined head-to-tail are themselves joined tail-to-tail.
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Synonyms

Type Synonym
exact carotenoid anabolism
exact carotenoid biosynthesis
exact carotenoid formation
exact carotenoid synthesis

Cross-references associated with this term:

Database ID
INTERPRO IPR008150
INTERPRO IPR010791
MetaCyc CAROTENOID-PWY
INTERPRO IPR008671
INTERPRO IPR008461
INTERPRO IPR010108
INTERPRO IPR017828
INTERPRO IPR014105
INTERPRO IPR014101
INTERPRO IPR014103
INTERPRO IPR014102

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0008152 metabolic process
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0042440 pigment metabolic process
GO:0009058 biosynthetic process
GO:0019748 secondary metabolic process
GO:0044238 primary metabolic process
GO:0006629 lipid metabolic process
GO:0044237 cellular metabolic process
GO:0046148 pigment biosynthetic process
GO:0044249 cellular biosynthetic process
GO:0008610 lipid biosynthetic process
GO:0044255 cellular lipid metabolic process
GO:0006720 isoprenoid metabolic process
GO:0006721 terpenoid metabolic process
GO:0016108 tetraterpenoid metabolic process
GO:0016116 carotenoid metabolic process
GO:0008299 isoprenoid biosynthetic process
GO:0016114 terpenoid biosynthetic process
GO:0016109 tetraterpenoid biosynthetic process
GO:0016117 carotenoid biosynthetic process

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Child Terms

All direct descendants (child terms) available for this GO term:
I GO:0016120 carotene biosynthetic process
I GO:0016123 xanthophyll biosynthetic process

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Protein Annotation

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Qualifier colocalizes_with contributes_to NOT NOT|colocalizes_with NOT|contributes_to
GO Term
Reference
Evidence IMP IGI IPI IGC ISS IDA IEP IEA TAS NAS ND IC RCA ISA EXP
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Hostnametomcat-7.ebi.ac.uk
Uptime16:38 12/10/2009
Data version2009-12-11-04-06-50
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