steroid biosynthetic process

id: GO:0006694
name: steroid biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of steroids, compounds with a 1,2,cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene nucleus; includes de novo formation and steroid interconversion by modification.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006699bile acid biosynthetic process
GO:0006700C21-steroid hormone biosynthetic process
GO:0006702androgen biosynthetic process
GO:0006703estrogen biosynthetic process
GO:0016126sterol biosynthetic process
GO:0016129phytosteroid biosynthetic process
GO:0042368vitamin D biosynthetic process
GO:0045456ecdysteroid biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0008202steroid metabolic process
GO:0008610lipid biosynthetic process