cholesterol biosynthetic process

id: GO:0006695
name: cholesterol biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0033488cholesterol biosynthetic process via 24,25-dihydrolanosterol
GO:0033489cholesterol biosynthetic process via desmosterol
GO:0033490cholesterol biosynthetic process via lathosterol

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0008203cholesterol metabolic process
GO:0016126sterol biosynthetic process