ectoine biosynthetic process

id: GO:0019491
name: ectoine biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of ectoine (1,4,5,6-tetrahydro-2-methyl-4-pyrimidinecarboxylic acid), a tetrahydropyrimidine commonly synthesized by halophilic bacteria.

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0018130heterocycle biosynthetic process
GO:0019438aromatic compound biosynthetic process
GO:0042399ectoine metabolic process
GO:0044271cellular nitrogen compound biosynthetic process
GO:0046394carboxylic acid biosynthetic process