beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic process
id: GO:0030654
name: beta-lactam antibiotic biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of a beta-lactam antibiotic, any member of a class of natural or semisynthetic antibiotics whose characteristic feature is a strained, four-membered beta-lactam ring. They include the penicillins and many of the cephalosporins.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0042318 | penicillin biosynthetic process |
| GO:0043646 | cephalosporin biosynthetic process |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0017000 | antibiotic biosynthetic process |
| GO:0030653 | beta-lactam antibiotic metabolic process |
| GO:0072339 | cellular lactam biosynthetic process |


