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Accession
GO:0006042
Name
glucosamine biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
chitosamine biosynthesis, chitosamine biosynthetic process, glucosamine anabolism, glucosamine biosynthesis, glucosamine formation, glucosamine synthesis
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of glucosamine (2-amino-2-deoxyglucopyranose), an aminodeoxysugar that occurs in combined form in chitin. Source: ISBN:0198506732, GOC:jl
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Parents of glucosamine biosynthetic process (GO:0006042)
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glucosamine biosynthetic process [RO:0004008 relation] RO:0004008  glucosamine (CHEBI:5417)
glucosamine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucosamine-containing compound biosynthetic process (GO:1901073)
glucosamine biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  glucosamine metabolic process (GO:0006041)

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