isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic process

id: GO:0033075
name: isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic process
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of isoquinoline alkaloids, alkaloid compounds that contain bicyclic N-containing aromatic rings and are derived from a 3,4-dihydroxytyramine (dopamine) precursor that undergoes a Schiff base addition with aldehydes of different origin.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0009708benzyl isoquinoline alkaloid biosynthetic process
GO:0035831palmatine biosynthetic process

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009821alkaloid biosynthetic process
GO:0033076isoquinoline alkaloid metabolic process