cobalamin biosynthetic process

id: GO:0009236
name: cobalamin biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of cobalamin (vitamin B12), a water-soluble vitamin characterized by possession of a corrin nucleus containing a cobalt atom.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0019250aerobic cobalamin biosynthetic process
GO:0019251anaerobic cobalamin biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006779porphyrin-containing compound biosynthetic process
GO:0009235cobalamin metabolic process
GO:0042364water-soluble vitamin biosynthetic process