sterol biosynthetic process

id: GO:0016126
name: sterol biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of sterols, steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0006695cholesterol biosynthetic process
GO:0006696ergosterol biosynthetic process
GO:0006697ecdysone biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006694steroid biosynthetic process
GO:0016125sterol metabolic process