AmiGO 2: Term Details for "sorbitol biosynthetic process" (GO:0006061)

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Accession: GO:0006061
Name: sorbitol biosynthetic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: sorbitol anabolism, sorbitol biosynthesis, sorbitol formation, sorbitol synthesis
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sorbitol (D-glucitol), one of the ten stereoisomeric hexitols. It can be derived from glucose by reduction of the aldehyde group. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0006061 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to sorbitol biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to sorbitol biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for sorbitol biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0044281 small molecule metabolic process
GO:0006066 alcohol metabolic process
GO:1901617 organic hydroxy compound biosynthetic process
GO:0044238 primary metabolic process
GO:0044283 small molecule biosynthetic process
GO:0046165 alcohol biosynthetic process
GO:0005975 carbohydrate metabolic process
GO:0019751 polyol metabolic process
GO:0019400 alditol metabolic process
GO:0016051 carbohydrate biosynthetic process
GO:0046173 polyol biosynthetic process
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GO:0006059 hexitol metabolic process
GO:0019406 hexitol biosynthetic process
GO:0006060 sorbitol metabolic process
GO:0006061 sorbitol biosynthetic process

Parents of sorbitol biosynthetic process (GO:0006061)

subject	relation	object
sorbitol biosynthetic process	RO:0004008	glucitol (CHEBI:30911)
sorbitol biosynthetic process	is_a	sorbitol metabolic process (GO:0006060)
sorbitol biosynthetic process	is_a	hexitol biosynthetic process (GO:0019406)

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