hydrogen peroxide biosynthetic process

id: GO:0050665
name: hydrogen peroxide biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), a potentially harmful byproduct of aerobic cellular respiration which can cause damage to DNA.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0042743hydrogen peroxide metabolic process
GO:0044249cellular biosynthetic process