keratan sulfate biosynthetic process

id: GO:0018146
name: keratan sulfate biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of keratan sulfate, a glycosaminoglycan with repeat units consisting of beta-1,4-linked D-galactopyranosyl-beta-(1,4)-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine 6-sulfate and with variable amounts of fucose, sialic acid and mannose units; keratan sulfate chains are covalently linked by a glycosidic attachment through the trisaccharide galactosyl-galactosyl-xylose to peptidyl-threonine or serine residues.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0006024glycosaminoglycan biosynthetic process
GO:0042339keratan sulfate metabolic process
GO:0044272sulfur compound biosynthetic process