AmiGO 2: Term Details for "chitin biosynthetic process" (GO:0006031)

Accession: GO:0006031
Name: chitin biosynthetic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine biosynthesis, beta-1,4-linked N-acetylglucosamine biosynthetic process, chitin anabolism, chitin biosynthesis, chitin formation, chitin synthesis
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of chitin, a linear polysaccharide consisting of beta-(1->4)-linked N-acetyl-D-glucosamine residues. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0006031 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to chitin biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to chitin biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for chitin biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
chitin biosynthetic process	is_a	aminoglycan biosynthetic process (GO:0006023)
chitin biosynthetic process	is_a	glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901073)
chitin biosynthetic process	is_a	chitin metabolic process (GO:0006030)
chitin biosynthetic process	RO:0004008	chitin (CHEBI:17029)

subject	relation	object
cell wall chitin biosynthetic process (GO:0006038)	is_a	chitin biosynthetic process
cuticle chitin biosynthetic process (GO:0006035)	is_a	chitin biosynthetic process
regulation of chitin biosynthetic process (GO:0032883)	RO:0002211	chitin biosynthetic process